cell functions 1.5, 3.2, 1.6, 3.3 (10.1 hl). 1.5 origins of cells how do we know where cells come...
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Cell Functions
1.5, 3.2, 1.6, 3.3 (10.1 HL)
1.5 Origins of cells
How do we know where cells come from?
Verifying the theory…
TheophrastusSpontaneous generation
GreekAristotle
Formation of insectsGreek Paracelsus
Spontaneous formation of mice
16th Century
Francisco RediMaggots developed
from flies.17th century
Lazzaro SpallanzaniEarly microbe exp.
17th centuryLouis Pasteur
Swan flask exp.1862http://bcs.whfreeman.com/thelifewire/content/chp0
3/0302003.htmlOnline activity explaining Pasteurs’ swan flask experiments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
H2_6cqa2cP4
Research task
• Each group will answer a different question and present their answers to the class in a ‘FUN’ and engaging way. Each group should also have electronic notes which can be added to moodle and shared with the class.
Questions…(assuming life
developed on Earth and not from
space…)1. What would the Earth have been like 4.6 billion years
ago?
2. When & how did prokaryotes develop?
3. When & how did eukaryotes develop? (endosymbiosis)
4. What is the significance of Bangiomorpha pubescens?
5. How does the work by Stanley Miller & Harold Urey help to explain the origin of cells?
6. Is it possible to artificially synthesise a life form? Work of Dr. Craig Venter 2010.
7. Is there any evidence that evolution will one day cease, if not can we predict the future from past events?