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HL Examples of adaptations

This activity looks specifically at adaptations for the increase of surface area of cells. These include flattening, microvilli and invaginations using cells of the alveoli, blood and the kidney nephron to illustrate the principles. Using SOLO hexagons to organise the concepts and the examples students build on their understanding of cell specialisation from the SL part of this topic. How many different cell types...

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