What is osmosis? | Biology - Bitesize Science

Suitable for teaching 11-14s. Science presenter Jon Chase describes the difference between a ‘selectively permeable’ and ‘partially permeable’ membrane, as well as the terms ‘crenation’ and ‘lysis’. Subscribe for more Biology clips from BBC Teach on Mondays when we have them in: http://bit.ly/BBCSubscribeTeach If you found this video helpful, give it a like. Share it with someone. Add the video to your own teaching playlists. Create an account, subscribe to the channel and create playlists for different age groups, sets and syllabuses. ===================== Science presenter Jon Chase describes the difference between a ‘selectively permeable’ and ‘partially permeable’ membrane, as well as the terms ‘crenation’ and ‘lysis’. In doing so, he performs a rap about the basics of osmosis. This clip is from the BBC series Bitesize Science. Scientist and rapper Jon Chase reveals his top 20 demonstrations and brings school science to life using music, magic tricks and everyday objects such as jelly babies, coins, and cups of very sweet tea. For our Plants, Cells and Bacteria playlist: http://bit.ly/TeachPlants For our Biology playlist: http://bit.ly/BBCTeachBiology For Class Clips users, the original reference for the clip was p011lbdg. ===================== Teaching Biology? Students could complete a practical exercise to measure the change in mass of small sections of raw potato when placed into distilled water and different concentrations of sugar. This clip will be relevant for teaching Biology. This topic appears in OCR, Edexcel, AQA, WJEC KS3 and GCSE in England and Wales, CCEA GCSE in Northern Ireland and SQA National 5 in Scotland. ===================== For more clips from other subjects at the BBC Teach YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/bbcteach More from BBC Learning Zone: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone More resources from BBC Bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education ===================== Subscribe to create your own customised playlists, and get notified about our latest clips. As we have them, new videos will be uploaded on the following days: Mondays: Biology, Computer Science, Music, Religious Studies Tuesdays: Drama and Performance, English Language, Maths, Physical Education Wednesdays: Languages, Media Studies, Modern Studies and PSHE, Physics Thursdays: Art and Design, Chemistry, Geography, History Fridays: Business Studies, Design and Technology, English Literature