Name: _______________________ Per: _____ Date: _______________

Introduction to Cell Theory

Directions: Fill out the guided notes as you follow along the lecture. Be sure
to pay attention to the yellow text and microbe symbol on the screen. This
will be your cue to participate verbally and record your response to the
prompt or question on your guided notes. Fill in the purple headers for each
part of the cell theory.

Review: What are living things?

With your partner, fill Living things are made up of ____________________.
in the two sentences
using what you know
from yesterday’s One characteristic of living things is that they _________ to stimuli.
lecture on living
things.
Which of the three
pictures shown on the
screen is a living
thing? Circle your
choice. How can you
tell?
Using the Venn
diagram, compare
Living things Non-living
and contrast living
things
things vs. non-living
things. List 3 bullet
points for living
things, non-living
things, and their
similarities.

Cell Theory Pt. 1: ________________________________________________________

In the video, they
compare the human
body to the building
of a city.

What is analogous to
the bricks of a city in
the human body?
Fill in the following Cells > _________________ > Organs > ________________ >
sequence: Organism

Cell Theory Pt. 2: _________________________________________________________

Draw a rough sketch
of what you just
observed in the clip.

What is this process

called?
Cell Theory Pt. 3: __________________________________________________________
Animals and plants
are multicellular
organisms. What do
you think it means to
be “multicellular”?
Share with your
partner 3 key
differences between
prokaryotes and
eukaryotes and
record your
responses here. Give
an example of each.

Summary
Using your notes and Name the 3 parts of the cell theory.
the videos you’ve
watched in today’s
lesson, answer the
following:

Illustrate and label the different levels of organization (i.e., provide an

example of each).
Food for thought: Both animals and plants are eukaryotes. How might
they differ from each other? (We will cover this in the next lecture!)