Cell Studio

Investigate osmosis, membrane transport and cell division, explore twelve cell specimens in 3D, and practise biology with RoxWhy.

Cell Studio opens the Cell Lab: make predictions, experiment with conditions and explain what happens. Use Investigate for experiments, Explore 3D for structures, and Foundations for an introduction to cells and photosynthesis.

Open it at /app/cell-studio. Investigations, models, notes and local checks use no AI tokens. Continuing in an AI learning tool uses the account's normal balance. Cell Studio is a Scholar study tool; Starter accounts see an upgrade gate.

Start an investigation

Osmosis: compare a plant cell and mature mammalian red blood cell in different surrounding solutions. Follow water movement and distinguish membrane from wall.
Membrane transport: change the particle, pathway, concentration gradient and ATP supply. Explain when diffusion occurs and when the selected pump needs energy.
Cell division: track chromosomes and DNA molecules, then test what happens when replication or spindle attachment is blocked.

Read the objective, choose a scenario and make a prediction before running the experiment. Step through the response or use playback. Compare a completed trial with another condition, then explain the result in your own words. Feedback identifies ideas to review and another situation to explain.

The stages are simplified illustrations, not measurements of biological time. Each investigation explains its assumptions. The transport lab isolates one route and omits electrical effects; the division lab uses four chromosomes and does not model meiosis.

Explore twelve specimens

The atlas includes plant, animal, bacterial, neuron, muscle, epithelial and white blood cell models, plus mature mammalian red blood cell, guard-cell pair, root-hair cell, yeast and paramecium.

Select a numbered marker or structure button to focus it. Use Whole cell for the complete specimen or Transparent shell to see through its outer layer. Read the selected structure's role, compare cells and save favourites.

These are schematic models. A red blood cell's centre is thin, not a hole. A root hair is part of one cell. The guard-cell specimen shows two cells together. Structures such as haemoglobin explain function even though they are not organelles.

Build the foundations

Foundations helps you identify chloroplast and nucleus, compare plant, animal and bacterial structures, follow photosynthesis and answer three introductory questions. A structure link opens its specimen in Explore 3D; return to Foundations to continue.

Continue with RoxWhy

Learning actions carry the investigation and submitted predictions into further practice. Your written explanation is supplied as your own answer; the local lab does not automatically grade it.

Create a study goal opens an editable draft in the existing Mastery flow. Review the goal and choose materials before creating it. Native Mastery assessment and review manage saved learning progress. A return link brings you back to the relevant investigation or specimen.

Progress and accessibility

Investigation trials and checks last for this visit. Viewed structures, favourites and the last explored specimen use account exploration progress. Exploration percentage counts what you viewed, not understanding; its total grows when specimens are added.

Every investigation can be stepped through manually. Reduced motion disables automatic playback. If WebGL is unavailable, the 3D view cannot render, but investigation diagrams, explanations and questions remain available. A problem loading saved exploration progress does not block the lab.