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Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Vision Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Definitions of many technical and anatomical terms related to vision and the eye.
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Other

Media Visions: Meet Thomas Paine, a Visionary Revolutionist

For Students 9th - 10th
This biographical article discusses Thomas Paine (1737-1809), English writer and social activist, who is best known for his popular essay, Common Sense, the pivotal call for American independence and democracy.
Website
PBS

Pbs: Nature: Raptor Vision Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
Gain 20/7 vision by becoming a raptor in this game! Help the Peregrine falcon find its prey in a river scene and see the difference between your vision and its vision!
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Other

Media Vision Voices: Meet Thomas Paine

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an extensive biography of 18th century political writer Thomas Paine, click to read about his ideas placed in a contemporary context, and use research links to read more online.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Vision and the Eye

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The structure and function of the eye and how we see.
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The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute Online: Coming to Our Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Help students make "Sense," of their senses by using them in the classroom. Site provides discovery activities students can do on themselves, in their classrooms and around campus. A scavenger hunt is also provided.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Backyard Science the Five Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Kindergarten students will use their existing outdoor expertise to help them focus on the scientific study of their five senses in stations.
Interactive
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Christmas Bear and His Five Senses

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Come along with Eric as he teaches Christmas Bear how to use his five senses.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: The Secret Life of Bats: Bat Senses

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of an online exhibit on bats, this section focuses on bat senses: sight, olfaction (smell), echolocation, and hearing.
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Five Senses

For Students K - 1st
The Five Senses is an educational activity for kids to learn about taste, smell, vision, hearing, and touch. The lesson will introduce each of the five senses one at a time. Students will then be assessed through a multiple choice...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Easter Island: Senses: Observation of Living Familiar Things

For Students K - 1st
Students investigate how the senses are used to make observations about objects and things in the environment.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Bikini Atoll: Senses: Observation of Familiar Materials and Objects

For Students K - 1st
Students use their senses to identify and describe objects.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Reliability of Your Visual Sense

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Lesson plan that investigates the sense of sight. Includes optical illusions which lead learners to question the reliability of vision.
Handout
San Diego Natural History Museum

San Diego Natural History: Kids' Habitat: The Eyes Have It: Visual Basics

For Students 3rd - 8th
Vision or sight is one of the most important senses that animals can have. Learn about the anatomy of the different kinds of eyes .. simple, single-lens, and compound. Puzzles and games are included.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Sensory Perception

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the different types of sensory receptors, and describe the structures responsible for the special senses of taste, smell, hearing, balance, and vision.
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Frontiers Media

Frontiers: Seeing With Your Ears: A Wondrous Journey Across the Senses

For Students 3rd - 8th
For dozens of years it has been believed that the brain is organized into "sensory areas": that is, that there is a "visual area," an "auditory area," and so forth, and that the visual area can only process visual information. It has...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Sound for Sight

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Echolocation is the ability to orient by transmitting sound and receiving echoes from objects in the environment. As a result of a Marco-Polo type activity and subsequent lesson, students learn basic concepts of echolocation. They use...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Senses

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text with printable notes, animations, video clips, and practice problems students discover the function of the sensory structures in the human body.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Senses

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The following online tutorial explains how sensory stimuli are perceived and interpreted.
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Other

Senses: Online Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Have fun finding words associated with the five senses: smell, taste, touch, hearing, and sight. When finished with the game, rescramble the word search and play again.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Sight and the Eye

For Students 4th - 8th
Kids learn about the science of Sight and the Eye. The sense of vision and how it works.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Five Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A review of the five senses for k-2 students.
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The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute and Science Museum: Seeing

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at this sight and all of the activities it has to offer. Has great activities to use in the classroom as well as world wide web links.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Blind

For Students 9th - 10th
The poem shares the sad experience of seeing a loved one lose the sense of sight.

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