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Students explain how eyes function, how to prevent eye problems, the types of refractive errors, and the common low vision and eye disease problems. They receive professional development points upon successful completion of an assessment. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students investigate ways in which new vision tests and technologies can be used to help detect and correct vision problems. They begin by reading the Times article, Software May Replace the Eye Chart on the Wall. They stage a medical symposium. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 10th
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Students use their natural vision while reading books. This allows them to see up to several words at a glance while reading. They practice visualizing techniques to help them to gain increased comprehension at a faster reading rate. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read London's "To Build a Fire" and Crane's "The Open Boat" and compare and contrast the authors' style as they explore the genre known as American literary naturalism. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss different types of moral vision, democratic, totalitarian, and authoritarian, as they apply to governing people. They discuss situations in which they must choose which type of government would be the best for that society. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students discuss and role-play the elements of natural selection. They use toothpicks to represent Stick-Worms and discover the mechanisms of change of traits in populations. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students perform three activities in order to examine the relationship of light to vision, how light moves, and how that affects what we see and some structural aspects of the eye. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the relationship between light and vision. In groups, they participate in experiments to discover how different wavelengths are divided in the visible spectrum. They record their answers and discuss their conclusions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students solve the following problem concerning the evolution of seed color in pinto bean plants: "How does natural selection change the frequency of genes or traits over many generations?" They use the constructivist approach to studying as they work in teams to design and conduct an experiment that solves this natural selection "problem." Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read London's "To Build a Fire" and Crane's "The Open Boat." They examine the literary style of naturalism. They create a character based on themes in literature. They relate their character to their assigned themes. Full Review »

