Curated OER
The History of Life
In this origin of life worksheet, students will review the different theories on how life originated on the Earth including the experiments conducted by Louis Pastuer, Francesco Redi, and Miller and Urey. Students will complete 14 fill...
Curated OER
Change Through Time
In this evolution activity, students will complete a table by writing in the era and biological event based on 4 different time periods of Earth's history. Students will answer 8 fill in the blank questions based on the different origin...
Curated OER
Lesson Plan: The Cell- A Historical Perspective
Young scholars discover the impact the invention of the microscope had on scientific discovery as well as the concept of spontaneous generation and the cell theory. Students examine these scientific concepts through a WebQuest and by...
Curated OER
An Adaptation of Microbe Hunters
Students dramatize a two act play in which scene one depicts the story of Lazzaro Spallanzani and the second act deal with Louis Pasteur and his refutation of spontaneous generation.
Curated OER
The History of Life
In this history of life worksheet, students review 4 vocabulary words associated with the beginnings of life. Students place these terms into a crossword puzzle and then complete 2 fill in the blank questions.
University of Oxford (UK)
University of Oxford: Origin of Life on Earth
Where did life come from? Features a 36-page exploration of the possibilities of special creation or spontaneous generation.
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Evolutionary Biology: Origins of Life: Early Ideas
An explanation of how life came into existence from early beliefs, such as panspermia, to more recent ideas like abiogenesis.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Louis Pasteur (1822 1895)
This Access Excellence site provides information on the scientific achievements of Louis Pasteur, one of "the greatest benefactors of humanity."
Other
Schools History: Louis Pasteur
A brief discussion of Pasteur's theory that germs in the air were the cause of disease rather than the result of disease.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Science World: Lazzaro Spallanzani
This site from Science World provides very brief but factual information on the life of the Italian biologist, Lazzaro Spallanzani. A link is provided for information on John Needham.