1. Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things
Cells keep you alive!!
They carry out all life’s functions

2. Microscopes make small things look larger
Robert Hooke – one of first to see cells.
Made a compound microscope (2 lenses)
In 1663 and looked at cork. What he saw looked like little rooms, he called cells

3. Cells
Anton van Leeuwenhoek made a simple microscope and looked at water. He saw unicellular animals he called animalcules

4. Cell Theory
Schleiden, Schwann and Virchow helped develop the cell theory.
All living things are made of cells
Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things.
All cells are produced from other cells.