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  • Found Single Celled Organisms (1675)
  • I Anton Van Leeuwenhoek found single cells organisms by looking in a pond of water and barrel drain water with a simple microscope with one lense. I shall call them Animalcules,
  • Named cells?? (1675)
  • I Robert Hooke looked at plant cells with a compound microscope with two lenses. I discovered that cork trees are made of tiny boxes that look like monk cells. Ooo I shall call them cells.
  • Years Later...
  • 200 YEARS LATERMagnification got better on the microscope and technology upgraded.
  • Plants are made of cells (1830's)
  • I Mathias Schleiden Study plants and I have recently discovered that they are made of cells. I learned that all plant cells have a similar shape, color, and size. I used a compound microscope.
  • Animals are made of cells too?? (1830's)
  • Animalcules Cells Plant Cells Animal cells
  • I Theodor Schwann studied animal cells and discovered that they are made up of cells just like plants. Each part of the animal cell had a specific function. I used the compound microscope when looking at these cells. Cells are the building blocks of life
  • Followed in the footsteps of others. (1858)
  • Anton Van Leeuwenhoek Robert Hooke Matthias Schleiden Theodor Schwann
  • I Rudolph Virchow looked at all the other scientists experiments, and I asked myself how do we make more cells? I used the compound microscope . Then I researched for a while and found discovered that all cells come from preexisting cells.
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