LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Tricia Kershner has been teaching in North Carolina since 1993, originally teaching in Moore County and for the past four years in Charlotte. She is the lead biology teacher at Independence High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. She teaches International Baccalaureate Biology I and II and AP biology.

Resources created by Tricia Kershner

What happens to plant cells in hypertonic and hypotonic solutions?
Students will be using actual laboratory examples and classroom examples to understand the movement of molecules across the cell membrane. Looking at weight change in potato cells, color change in diffusion, and the shrinking of living tissue will allow the student to experience diffusion and osmosis.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
By Tricia Kershner.