This is a fun assessment project used to determine if students can understand the different levels of organization in the body, from cells to tissues, tissues to organs, and organs to organ systems.  Students will make a comparison of these levels to rides at an amusement park, and their analagies/comparisons will illustrate their understanding or lack of understanding.

Principles of mass transport and electrical signal generation for biological membranes, cells, and tissues. Mass transport through membranes: diffusion, osmosis, chemically mediated, and active transport. Electric properties of cells: ion transport; equilibrium, resting, and action potentials. Kinetic and molecular properties of single voltage-gated ion channels. Laboratory and computer exercises illustrate the concepts. For juniors and seniors. Students engage in extensive written and oral communication exercises.