Basic Biological History
Unit 1: Introduction to Biology Student Handout
S. Pipke-Painchaud & TSD © 2004
Refer to the video on the Biology in the Classroom website:
http://wblrd.sk.ca/~bio2030sp/bio20/units/un1/history/historytemplate/page2.htm
Instructions:
1. Please use these worksheet to record your observations as you view this video.
2. Make notes in the appropriate spots.
Scientist
Nationality
Greek Philosopher
Dates
Theory/Discovery
This means:
Scientist
Jean van Helmont
Nationality
Dates
Theory/Discovery
Summarize Helmont’s theory below
Scientist
Francesco Redi
Nationality
Dates
Theory/Discovery
Explain the experiment:
Scientist Continued . . .
Franceso Redi
Critics Said:
Explain the changes that
Redi made to his
experiment:
This time the Critics Said:
Scientist
Robert Hooke
Nationality
Dates
Theory/Discovery
What did he observe?
Scientist
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Nationality
Dates
Theory/Discovery
Why is famous?
Scientist
John Needham
Nationality
Dates
Theory/Discovery
Sketch in Needham’s experiment . . .
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Scientist Continued . . .
John Needham
What theory is John
Needham endorsing?
Suggest what might have
caused these results?
Scientist
Lazzaro Spallanzani
Nationality
Dates
Theory/Discovery
Dates
Theory/Discovery
He suggested two errors 1)
2)
How do these compare
with your ideas?
What did Spallanzani
change in his experiment?
Spallanzani’s experiment
proves the theory of
Critics Said:
Scientist
Louis Pasteur
List some examples of
Pasteur’s other
discoveries
Explain what theory he
proved and how.
Sketch in the swan’s neck
tube and flask.
Nationality
Scientist
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
Nationality
Dates
Theory/Discovery
Nationality
Dates
Theory/Discovery
Jane Haldimand Marcet
Henry Dutrochet
Robert Brown
Felix Dujardin
Scientist
Thedor Schwann
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
Schleiden & Schwann formulated the . . .
Who helped to refine this theory?
Explain this theory: