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Directions: You will be creating an accordion foldable timeline to show the discovery of the cell and its organelles. You will need to research the following contributors and develop a
timeline that includes their names and major findings that relate to the cell along with the other items listed below.

1. Research the following scientists (listed in no particular order) and match them to their significant contributions to the history of the cell theory as stated in the table below.
• Hans & Zacharias Jansen – 1590 • Robert Brown – 1833 • Theodore Schwann – 1839
• Rudolph Virchow – 1850 • Matthias Schleiden – 1838 • Robert Hooke – 1665
• Francesco Redi – 1668 • Anton van Leeuvenhoek – 1670
2. Write the scientist’s name and date of contribution above the explanation in each box.
3. Cut out and arrange the contributions to the cell theory in order of events. Get checked off by the teacher. Create accordion foldable and draw a line down the middle.
4. Glue events on the timeline with corresponding graphics describing the contribution. Be neat and legible – with final product pasted into your Science Interactive Notebook.

Used early compound microscope to look at cork slice and coined the term “cell” to
Combined two convex lenses within a tube, constructing a compound microscope. describe the tissue.

Described cells in a drop of pond water – first person to observe bacteria and protozoa Discovered nucleus in plant cells.

Concluded that all plant tissues are composed of cells and that the cell is basic building
block of all plants. (Cell Theory) Disproved theory of spontaneous generation using flies and rotten meat.

Observed cell division which led to third tenet to Cell Theory which states that all cells Stated the all animal tissues are made of cells, adding to the Cell Theory that the cell is
come from existing cells. the basic unit of life.
 Wacky History of the Cell Theory
Wacky History of Cell theory: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-wacky-history-of-cell-theory
1. When were the first compound microscopes invented?
2. What single celled organisms did Antone Van Leeuwenhoek find?
3. Where did he find these single celled organisms?
4. What Antone Van Leeuwenhoek call these things he found under his
microscope?
5. Robert Hooke saw chambers inside cork and called them cells, why?
6. Matthias Schelieden was a botanist. He noticed that every _____________
he looked at under a microscope was made of _______________.
7. Theodor Schwann looked at small sections of random animal parts. What did he
notice?
8. Theodor Schwann thought that cells were formed spontaneously. Is that inside
or outside the realm of science, why or why not?
9. Rudolf Virchow stole some evidence that showed that cells come from
_____________________.
10-15. Science is tentative. Describe how that applies to Francisco Redi’s
contributions to the cell theory in 1668 and Rudolph Virchow’s contribution in
1850.
Wacky History of the Cell Theory
Wacky History of Cell theory: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-wacky-history-of-cell-theory
1. When were the first compound microscopes invented?
2. What single celled organisms did Antone Van Leeuwenhoek find?
3. Where did he find these single celled organisms?
4. What Antone Van Leeuwenhoek call these things he found under his
microscope?
5. Robert Hooke saw chambers inside cork and called them cells, why?
6. Matthias Schelieden was a botanist. He noticed that every ______________
he looked at under a microscope was made of _______________.
7. Theodor Schwann looked at small sections of random animal parts. What did he
notice?
8. Theodor Schwann thought that cells were formed spontaneously. Is that inside
or outside the realm of science, why or why not?
9. Rudolf Virchow stole some evidence that showed that cells come from
_____________________.
10-16. Science is tentative. Describe how that applies to Francisco Redi’s
contributions to the cell theory in 1668 and Rudolph Virchow’s contribution in
1850.