Correcting Vision

Our bodies have some amazing capabilities, but there are some limitations. Explore the limitations of the human eye through the eighth lab activity in a series of 12 biology lessons. Individuals measure their own peripheral vision...

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...

A short interactive allows scholars to view a model of the anatomy of an eye that provides a description of how each part works and models how the parts function together. A short quiz on both the anatomy and the functions allows pupils...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Vision problems and how lenses can be used to correct them.

This is five-question quiz pertaining to the physics of eyesight correction.

See how vision correction affects a person's eyesight.

A brief introduction to the physics side of farsightedness, and how lenses correct this vision defect.

A brief introduction to the physics side of nearsightedness, and how lenses correct this vision defect.

The eye and its common defects are discussed along with corrective measures.

Students gain a conceptual comprehension of the functioning of the Human Eye in relation to optics and optical vision correction. They explore optics with light sources and various lenses, relating these to visual acuity, accommodation,...