Download Learning Target List scientists who contributed to the cell theory List

Learning Target
● List scientists who contributed to the cell theory
● List the components of the cell theory
The Weird History of Cell Theory –
Lauren Royal-Woods
Ted-Ed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OpBylwH9DU
Early Contributions
● Robert Hooke - First person to see cells. He was
looking at cork and noted that he saw "a great many
boxes.” (1665) Credited with naming the cell.
● Anton van Leeuwenhoek - Observed living organisms
in pond water, which he called "animalcules" (1673)
Leeuwenhoek saw these things in pond water.
What did he call them?
● Theodore Schwann - Zoologist who observed tissues of
animals. Stated that all animals were made of cells. (1839)
● Matthias Schleiden – Botanist who observed tissues of
plants. Stated that all plants were made up of cells. (1845)
● Rudolf Virchow – Reported that every living thing is made
of vital units, known as cells. He predicted that cells come
from other cells. (1850 )
Greatest Discoveries with Bill Nye:
Microorganisms
Link to Bill Nye...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q7kz75G4Ck
The Cell Theory
1. Every living organism is made
of one or more cells.
2. The cell is the basic unit of
structure and function.
3. All cells arise from pre-existing
cells.
Checkpoint- can you answer without looking at your
notes?
What was their contribution?
• Hooke
• Leeuwenhoek
• Schwann
• Schleiden
• Virchow
The Cell Theory
1. All living things are made of _____
2. Cells are the basic unit of _______ and ______
3. Cells come from _______________ cells.
History of the Cell page 170-171
Copy the timeline onto your notes.