About Membrane Transport
Add different biological solutes to either side of a cell membrane and observe their behavior based on solute properties and concentrations. Add transport proteins and uncover some of the common mechanisms for transporting solutes across a cell membrane.
How to play Membrane Transport
Everything is hands-on: drag, click and experiment — the simulation reacts instantly. Add different biological solutes to either side of a cell membrane and observe their behavior based on solute properties and concentrations.
Questions & answers
- What is Membrane Transport?
- Membrane Transport is a free interactive simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations (University of Colorado Boulder) that you can play right in your browser on crumble.lol — no downloads and no sign-up. Add different biological solutes to either side of a cell membrane and observe their behavior based on solute properties and concentrations. Add transport proteins and uncover some of the common mechanisms for transporting solutes across a cell membrane.
- What can kids learn from Membrane Transport?
- It helps kids explore: predict when molecules and ions with specific size and charge properties will move through the membrane and when they will not. identify the conditions to trigger facilitated diffusion of specific solutes by different types of transport proteins. explain how energy is used in active transport to push molecules and ions against their concentration gradient.
- What age is Membrane Transport good for?
- It is designed for middle school (roughly ages 10–14) up to university, and curious kids outside that range can absolutely enjoy poking around it too.
- Is Membrane Transport free to play?
- Yes — Membrane Transport is completely free on crumble.lol and runs fully in your browser on computers and tablets.