5.+History+of+the+Discovery+of+Cells

media type="youtube" key="KuJqqiATlqw" height="315" width="420" align="center" 1. Class activity - Dictagloss. Your teacher is going to read out some information about scientists who discovered cells. The teacher will read it two times. The first time you can only listen. The second time can you only write dot points, not full sentences, about what you are hearing. The aim of this activity is not to get every word, but to listen to the main ideas and write your own summary. After you have written your dot points you will get into groups of three. As a group you need to write a summary of the information read out. You then need to add the the discussion on the page your groups summary. Only one person in each group comment. Make sure in your comment you include the first names of the people in your group.
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2. Pair Research Task: In pairs you are to research a scientist called Anton van Leewenhoek and work out how he improved our knowledge of cells. Here are some websites to help you find information on him. [|Simple Information], [|More detailed Information], [|BBC Website] Once you have done some research you need to write a paragraph to describe what this scientist did. Add you paragraph to the discussion on this page. Only one person in the pair can add a comment. Make sure in your comment you include the first names of the people in your pair.