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How does increasing salt concentration affect the volume of plant tissue?

Objectives

Students will:

  1. Describe the process of osmosis.
  2. Analyze the results of an osmosis lab.

Skills Needed

Students must be able to:

  1. Use a metric ruler to measure length.
  2. Calculate the volume of an object.

Materials Needed

Students will need:

  1. distilled water
  2. measuring cup with milliliters
  3. table salt
  4. 1 tsp measuring spoon
  5. 3 plastic or glass cups
  6. spoon
  7. large potato
  8. cutting board
  9. knife
  10. metric ruler
  11. timer
  12. calculator