Learning Target: I Can Explain the Difference Between Osmosis and Diffusion

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Osmosis and Diffusion

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Learning Target: I can explain the difference between osmosis and diffusion.

Task: Please fill out this guide as you work through the tasks. Use the following website to help guide you through the difference between osmosis and diffusion.

1.  You will visit three websites giving a summary of diffusion and osmosis.

2.  You will visit two websites showing movies about diffusion and osmosis. After watching these, you will answer questions comparing and contrasting osmosis and diffusion.

3.  You will visit three websites with interactive osmosis and diffusion activities where you will practice applying your knowledge.

4.  After you have completed the WebQuest, you and a partner will draw one cartoon that shows how diffusion works and one cartoon showing how osmosis works. The cartoon will include either "witty dialogue" or a "punchline" that correctly demonstrates and understanding of diffusion and osmosis.

Exploring Science Webquest

1.  Define Diffusion: ______

Website Used: ______

2.  Define Osmosis:
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Website Used: ______

3.  Why does “salt suck”?
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Website Used: ______

4.  Why are osmosis and diffusion important?

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Website Used: ______

Complete the Table

Diffusion vs. Osmosis
Diffusion / Osmosis
Water
Importance
Process
What is it?

Website Used: ______

Video Summaries: Write a short and concise summary of what each video showed. Highlight one thing you learned from the video.

Video # 1: ______

Video # 2: ______

Interactive Websites: Record what you did and what you learned from the three interactive websites in the chart below.

Website / What I did / What I Learned

Cartoons

Diffusion
Osmosis