Anton+van+Leeuwenhoek


 * Anton van Leeuwenhoek 1632-1723 ||   ||
 * 1. How did your scientist find data to support inferences and conclusions? || He put rainwater, pond water, and dust under a microscope his was that they were alive and that was supported because they were moving. His conclusion was calling them “animalcules” or tiny animals and made drawings of them ||
 * 2. What role did changes in technology play in the work of your scientist? || He perfected the simple microscope which made the molecules clearer and easier to observe ||
 * 3. How did the work of other scientists affect the work of your scientist? || Before Leeuwenhoek discovered animalcules, Francesco Redi tested spontaneous generation by inferring and testing the idea that maggots come from the flies not from the meat and that influenced Leeuwenhoek’s observations ||
 * 4. Was your scientist trained as a scientist? Can a person be a scientist unless they were trained as one? || He wasn’t trained as a scientist and yes you can be a scientist even if you aren’t trained to be one because he made three major discoveries such as the infusoria, the bacteria, and spermatozoa ||
 * 5. Did your scientist use the "scientific method" or does there seem to be more than one? || He wasn’t trying to discover anything and he wasn’t running an experiment, he just was looking at dust, rainwater, and pond water and saw things moving in each of them. ||
 * 6. Were the science findings based upon evidence? What? || Yes, that the molecules were moving which meant they were alive and they reproduced which are two things that are proof that something is biotic ||
 * 7. Was the work of your scientist changed or altered since it was done? || After discovering “animalcule,” Leeuwenhoek shared his discoveries with other scientists. His discovery made a major effect on the theory of spontaneous generation. Up to 200 years later, scientists were arguing whether or not these tiny animals were alive. Today, many years and experiments later, we know that Leeuwenhoek was correct and these tiny animals are now known as bacteria. ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; lineheight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 0in; marginright: 0in; margintop: 0in;">8. How did the scientific community view the work of your scientist? Was it immediately accepted? || <span style="color: #008000; display: block; lineheight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 0in; marginright: 0in; margintop: 0in;">It was an unexpected discovery and a break-though in science with the discovery of micro-organisms. No, it was not immediately accepted it took the next 2 centuries would be in contrevsary. ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; display: block; lineheight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 0in; marginright: 0in; margintop: 0in;">9. Did your scientist have more than one field of scientific interest or expertise? What? || <span style="color: #008000; display: block; lineheight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 0in; marginright: 0in; margintop: 0in;">No, he was interested in glass and his only major discoveries were using the microscope. But, he did get a degree in surveying ||

<span style="color: #008000; display: block; lineheight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; marginbottom: 0pt; marginleft: 0in; marginright: 0in; margintop: 0in;">﻿Anton Van Leeuwenhoek