# Cell Membrane and Organelles

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-membrane-and-organelles/642365
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 28, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-membrane-and-organelles/642365 "2012-11-28T14:17:34Z")
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### Author: ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-membrane-and-organelles/642365/1 "2012-11-28T14:17:34Z")

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I am trying to teach some 9th graders some biology. Right now we are on Cell Membranes and various organelles. My guess is that there are some great illustrations of these out there, I just have not yet been about to find it. Can someone steer me to a website that shows these cell parts in an interesting manner?

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### Author: ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-membrane-and-organelles/642365/2 "2012-11-28T15:55:44Z")

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Here-

[https://www.google.com/search?q=organelles&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=fx5&tbo=u&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=zjO2UNyEMqai2wW4hoAQ&ved=0CDkQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=910](https://www.google.com/search?q=organelles&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=fx5&tbo=u&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=zjO2UNyEMqai2wW4hoAQ&ved=0CDkQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=910)

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### Author: ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-membrane-and-organelles/642365/3 "2012-11-28T17:55:19Z")

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If you want to go a bit more in-depth, [here’s](http://www.dnalc.org/view/15509-DNA-replication-animation-3D-animation-with-basic-narration.html) an excellent video (together with some other, related resources) detailing DNA replication in the cell…

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### Author: ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-membrane-and-organelles/642365/4 "2012-11-28T20:10:19Z")

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I agree that those images are striking. I was hoping to find a youtube video, and I have been looking, that would perhaps present all or most of the organelles one right after the other. In graphics as striking as you demonstrated.

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### Author: ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-membrane-and-organelles/642365/5 "2012-11-30T07:42:33Z")

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There’s Crash Course Biology: [Organelles](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj8dDTHGJBY) and [Membrane Transport](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPKvHrD1eS4).

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### Author: ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2012, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-membrane-and-organelles/642365/6 "2012-11-30T07:54:46Z")

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> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#):
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> If you want to go a bit more in-depth, [here’s](http://www.dnalc.org/view/15509-DNA-replication-animation-3D-animation-with-basic-narration.html) an excellent video (together with some other, related resources) detailing DNA replication in the cell…

My biology instructor uses those. He says that all that shit is in _real time_. Freakin’ amazing.
