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The Working Human Eye Subject Area: Biology: Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Eye Topic: Modeling the human eye to discover its function, defects, and correction through simple physics. Grade Level: 7 - 12 Estimated Time Required: Three to 3.5 hours to be extended over two to four sessions Please download Adobe Acrobat® Reader to view our PDF documents. This Course Component in PDF I. Introduction (19 KB) II. Activities Inquiry A: The Eyes Have It (11 KB) Inquiry B: So You Think You Have Perfect Vision? Let's See... (14 KB) Inquiry C: What's In There? (192 KB) Inquiry D: Is Anything Going On In There? (11 KB) Inquiry E: Doctor My Eyes! (6 KB) III. Bibliography (7 KB) IV. Appendixes Appendix A: Sample "Quiz Show" Questions for Inquiry A (10 KB) Appendix B: Visual Acuity Testing Group Activity Report Form for Inquiry B (18 KB) Appendix C: Scientific Method "Stepwise" Outline for Inquiry D (16 KB) Appendix D: Potential Scenarios to Model for Inquiry E (14 KB) Download the Whole Course Component: The Working Human Eye (265 KB) We value your opinion. Please send comments to our TxCETP Project Director, Kit Price Blount. A "Short" List of Internet Resources http://137.222.110.150/calnet/Visual1/Visual1.htm The tutorial is aimed at helping understand the basics of the visual system. Highly rated by Merlot! http://merlot.org/artifact/BrowseArtifacts.po?catcode=352&browsecat=12 This is the famous Merlot website! A multimedia educational resource for learning and online teaching. http://www.exploratorium.edu/xref/phenomena/eye_structure.html Exhibits and classroom setups used to show different vision phenomena with "doable" activities. http://www.iknow.net/CDROMs/eyephys_cdrom/eyephys.html This site is selling an interactive CD-ROM but it has good examples and demonstrations at the site to encourage buying the disk. http://members.aol.com/MonT714/tutorial/the_eye/ Good model and information, as well as quizzes on the physiology of the eye. http://www.ofcn.org/cyber.serv/hwp/hwc/eye/information/structure/ Basic text information. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/OPTO/eyeanat.html Anatomy, histology, and physiology of the eye. http://faculty.washington.edu/kepeter/119/labs/eye-lab.htm In-depth text on the structure of the eye. http://www.biols.susx.ac.uk/home/George_Mather/Linked%20Pages/Physiol/index.html Visual physiology with good diagrams. http://www.vision3k.com/eye_structure.asp The basics. http://thalamus.wustl.edu/course/eyeret.html The eye and retina with actual tissue pictures. http://www.icaen.uiowa.edu/~aip/Lectures/eye_phys_lecture.pdf Nice PDF file with good explanations, diagrams, charts, etc. http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bsci111b/eye/supplemental.htm Eye structure and function. http://lsvl.la.asu.edu/askabiologist/index.html Arizona State University "Ask a Biologist" Website. http://www.brainpop.com/health/growthanddevelopment/genes/ A neat site dedicated to providing fun activities for all, even teachers!

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