Phospholipid & Membrane Transport Kit^©

Students uncover the structure and function of phospholipids, how cell membranes form, and how water and ions move in and out of cells via transport proteins. This is a kit you will use over and over as your curriculum progresses to deepen student understanding.

• 50 individual phospholipid molecule models demonstrate hydrophobic and hydrophilic concepts to create monolayers, micelles, and bilayers
• Water molecule models show polarity and how water interacts with cell membranes
• Bilayer membrane model creates a cell structure that is flexible yet sturdy
• Active and passive transport is made easy with 5 different proteins, ion models, and ATP

Students can model different conditions then predict which way water will move making vocabulary like hypertonic, hypotonic, and isotonic more memorable. This is a kit you will use over and over as your curriculum progresses to deepen student understanding.

Find additional resources for this kit here: Phospholipid and Membrane Transport Kit^© Classroom Resources

6 Phospholipid & Membrane Transport Kits^© per case -Each kit contains:

• 2 laminated sheets (water and phospholipid)
• 5 yellow membrane pieces
• 5 gray membrane transport proteins
• 50 mini phospholipids
• 30 small H2O
• 28 Na+
• 28 K+
• 9 large H2O
• 1 bag of:
  • 5 glucose molecules
  • 1 ATP
• 1 bag of:
  • 3 Saturated fatty acid tails
  • 2 piece A unsaturated acid fatty tails
  • 2 piece B unsaturated acid fatty tails
  • 1 phosphatidylinositol head
  • 1 glycerol backbone
  • 1 phosphatidylcholine head
  • 1 phosphatidylserine head
  • 1 phosphatidylethanolamine head