Living Physics Portal: Diffusion

Abstract: These two recitations are intended to be done in small groups (3-5) with most of the activity being student discussion. The first focuses on the implications of the properties of diffusion for biological systems, the second on the mechanism of spreading in random walk via path counting.

Resource Types: In-class activity

Author:

Edward Redish

University of Maryland, College Park

TOPICS

Physics Topics:

Thermo & Stat Mech > Kinetic and Diffusive Processes > Brownian Motion, Diffusion

Thermo & Stat Mech > Statistical Physics

Life Sciences Topics:

Cross-cutting Biological Concepts > Causal Mechanisms > Physical Mechanisms

Cross-cutting Biological Concepts > Matter/energy Transfer & Transforms > Cross-membrane Transport

Cross-cutting Biological Concepts > The Cell > Cellular Structure

Medical Applications

Molecular and Cellular Biology > Cellular Dynamics

Math Topics:

Algebra; Differential Calculus

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Diffusion and Random Walk unit > Diffusion - Recitations

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