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Sight and Light

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the eyeball and its parts.  In this sight instructional activity students divide into groups and complete a lab activity that includes creating a model.
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Technology and the Human Eye

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare technology and the human eye. In this science lesson, 5th graders label the parts of the human eye and trace the path of light as it travels through the eye.
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Seeing the Way: A Brief History of Cataract Surgery

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners study the eye and how all the parts work together.  In this cataract lesson students view an interactive website on the eye. 
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Challenges and Changes: Sensitivity to Vision & Hearing Compromises

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the structure of the eye.  In this eye anatomy lesson students complete a lab activity of the human eye. 
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How We See

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study how images they see are transmitted to the brain.  In this sight lesson students complete several activities that have to do with visual pathways and field defects. 
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Similar/Different: Nervous System

For Students 5th - 10th
In this nervous system worksheet, students identify 2 ways that a computer and brain, a telephone wire and the spinal cord and a camera and an eye are similar and different.
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Targeting an Action

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore how the brain how the brain infers the position of a moving target. They investigate how the brain can fine-tune its motor control over the muscle groups that will perform the intended action. Students participate in a...
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Oh, Say Can You See

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore different parts of the eye and functions of each part through a video and a dissection of a cow's eye. They discover different causes of blindness.
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Cow Eye Dissection Lab

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the anatomy of the eye by dissecting a cow eye Students are introduced the concept behind vision and the anatomy to the eye.
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The Eye

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students look for the words in the puzzle that are related to the theme of the word search. Spelling skills are worked on.