Phospholipid & Membrane Transport Kit©

Don’t tell your students about membranes and how/why they form – let them discover the spontaneous formation of membranes for themselves using this new field test kit featuring the amphipathic structure of phospholipids – with their hydrophilic heads and hydrophobic tails.
 
Your students will explore the chemical structure of a phospholipid and then construct a phospholipid monolayer, a micelle and a bilayer leading to an understanding of the plasma membrane structure. Additional components of this kit allow students to construct lipid bilayers and consider the role of transport proteins in moving ions and small molecules across membranes.
 
CONTENTS:
PHOSPHOLIPID & MEMBRANE TRANSPORT KIT©
50 Mini Phospholipids
5 Membranes
5 Glucose
1 ATP
30 H2O
30 Na+
30 K+
1 Aquaporin
1 K+ Leak Channel
1 Gated K+ Channel
1 GLUT1 Carrier Protein
1 Na+/K+ Pump
6 Plastic Pegs
3 Saturated Fatty Acid Tails
4 Unsaturated Fatty Acid Tails
1 Glycerol Backbone
1 Phosphatidylinositol
1 Phosphatidylcholine
1 Phosphatidylserine
1 Phosphatidylethanolamine
1 Sticker Sheet
Please allot approximately 45 minutes to affix stickers to pieces before use.
 
Colors may fade. Consider storing foam kits in a dark location such as a closet, cabinet or drawer.
 
* The displayed value refers to the 1-Group Set.