This document provides instructions for an osmosis and diffusion lab using potato cores of varying concentrations of sucrose solution. Students will observe the change in mass of potato cores placed in different concentration sucrose solutions overnight. They are instructed to set up the experiment by cutting potato cores of equal size and massing them in their original and final states to calculate the percentage mass change. Students will create a data table and graph to analyze the relationship between sucrose concentration and potato core mass change. The purpose is to understand how materials move across membranes according to concentration gradients.
This document provides instructions for an osmosis and diffusion lab using potato cores of varying concentrations of sucrose solution. Students will observe the change in mass of potato core…