Cell Theory and the

Scientists
Who Helped Shape It

Standard: SB1 Students will analyze the nature of the
relationships between structures and functions in
living cells
Purpose: To learn about how cells were discovered
and the history behind them.



Unit Vocabulary
Cell Theory Cell Organelles Cell Membrane & Solutions
Cell Cell Membrane Phospholipid Bilayer
Robert Hooke Cell Wall Hydrophobic Tail
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek Nucleus Selectively Permeable
Schwann Cytoplasm Hydrophilic Head
Schleiden Mitochondria Integral Proteins
Spontaneous Generation Chloroplasts Peripheral Proteins
Pasteur & Redi Vacuole Passive Transport
Cell Theory Ribosomes Diffusion
Prokaryotic Cell Endoplasmic Reticulum Osmosis
Eukaryotic Cell Golgi Body/Apparatus Facilitated Diffusion
Lysosomes Active Transport
Endocytosis
Exocytosis
Protein Gates
Isotonic
Hypertonic
Hypotonic
The smallest unit that can perform
all life processes

Scientists and
the Cell Theory
1665
Robert Hooke
Born: July 18, 1635
Died: March 3, 1703

Wrote and published
Micrographia

Known as the English
Father of Microscopy
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/PictDisplay/Hooke.html
Robert Hooke
Contributions:
- He observed pieces of cork
from the bark of a cork tree
under the microscope.
- His observations led him
to coin the word cell.
- Cell- means little rooms
in Latin
- He compared the small
boxes to the small rooms
that monks lived in.
http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/essential/life/s
ession1/closer1.html
1678
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Born: October 24, 1632
Died: August 30, 1723


He is known as the
Father of Microscopy.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_van_Leeuwenhoek
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Discoveries:

- 1673: He looked at
pond scum under the
microscope and
discovered small
organisms he called
animalcules or little
animals (Protists)

http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/TimLynch/sci_class/c
hap09/lesson_protista/Protista_Lesson.html#Algae
1838
Matthias Schleiden
Born: April 5, 1804
Died: June 23, 1881
German botanist
Discovered that all plants
were made of cells
Contributed to the creation of
the cell theory

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-
9066147/Mathias-Jacob-Schleiden
1839
Theodor Schwann
Born: December 7, 1810
Died: January 11, 1882

German zoologist

Concluded that all animals
are made of cells.

Contributed to the creation
of the cell theory
http://www.nndb.com/people/357/000096069/
1858
Rudolph Virchow
Born: October 13, 1821
Died: September 5, 1902

German pathologist

He is known as the
Father of Pathology.

Discovered that all living cells
come only from other living
cells.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Rudolf_Virchow.jpg
MISTAKEN belief that life can
magically arise from non-living
sources
Two scientists proved that
spontaneous generation is false:
Louis Pasteur

Two scientists proved that
spontaneous generation is false:
Francisco Redi

1. All living things are made of cells.
2. Cells are the basic units of
structure and function in living
things.
3. Living cells come only from other
living cells.

Believed to be first organisms on Earth
Unicellular & Small
No nucleus
Plasma Membrane
No organelles
Bacteria (kingdoms Archaebacteria &
Eubacteria)
DNA is floating in cytoplasm

Eukaryotic Cell
believed to have evolved from prokaryotic cells
plasma membrane
contain nucleus
membrane bound organelles that carry out specific
cell functions
includes some unicellular organisms (i.e. yeast &
algae)
All kingdoms except Archaebacteria & Eubateria
plants, animals, & fungi