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Handout
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Merck Manual: Structure and Function of the Eye

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a an excellent guide to the structure and function of the human eye. Content addresses how the eye is built, as well as how it works to translate light and shadow into sight. A diagram illustrating the various parts of...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Eye Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
How well do you know your eye structure and function? Find out with this 10 question online quiz.
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Kids Health: Eyes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Your eyes see, but how does vision happen? Find out how the eyes and brain work together through this video and accompanying activity guide. [6:09]
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Vision Bricks

For Students 4th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students explore the concept of the eye by navigating through the interactive learning module and then answering questions that go along with the module. Students can also learn more about the concept...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: How the Eye Works

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The job of the eye is to focus light. The parts of the eye help it to carry out its job. Follow the path of light through the eye as you read about it. Learn more...
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Unit Plan
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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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Open Your Eyes

For Students 3rd - 6th
This webpage is a great resource for elementary teachers who are looking for activities, lessons, facts, and experiments pertaining to the eye.
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Handout
The Tech Interactive

Tech Museum of Innovation: Inside Your Eyeball

For Students 3rd - 9th
After discussing the basics of the eye, this site explores the various functions of the eye and parts from the optic nerves to the retina. Cones, rods, and the brain are also discussed.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction/ray Model of Light: The Anatomy of the Eye

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the human eye as it relates to the physics ray model of light and image formation.
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Activity
Curated OER

Kids Health: Your Eyes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take a look at this article to learn about the different parts of this amazing part of the body that's at work from the moment you wake up until you close them to go to sleep.
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Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: The Eye: Structure and Function

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students learn about the structure and function of the human eye and research how it compares to animal eyes. They will then choose an eye, write a description, and make an illustration of it, which other students will...
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Interactive
Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: A Look Inside Your Eyes

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look inside the human eye in this slideshow of photos, eye diagrams and descriptions that help explain the parts and functions of the eye.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Happened to Your Eye?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a virtual lab that investigates the effects of damage to eye muscles and nerves on the motion of the eyes. This lab is extremely realistic. This activity can be done as a whole class or as a demonstration.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Refraction of Light Through the Human Eye

For Students 9th - 10th
This five-question quiz relating to refraction of light in the human eye.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Sight (Vision) Passage 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a four-question quiz related to the "Sight (Vision) -- Passage 2."
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Sight Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a ten-question quiz pertaining to sight.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.48 Eyes

For Students 5th - 9th
Learn about the structure and function of the human eye.
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Handout
Other

Iris Pigmentation Research Info

For Students 9th - 10th
The focus of this site is the anatomy of the eye. The site include diagrams and slides showing details at the light microscope and electron microscope level.
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Handout
Bio Topics

Bio Topics: The Iris Reflex

For Students 9th - 10th
This reference gives a quick-access look at the structure and function of the iris reflex in the human eye. Includes an organized flow chart showing what happens inside the eye. Hover the mouse over terms to see their definitions.
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Graphic
Merriam-Webster

Merriam Webster: Dictionary Illustration: Eye Anatomy

For Students 9th - 10th
Labeled illustration of the principal parts of the eye.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: "Da" I's Have It: A Fun Look at the Eye (Lesson)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson plan includes various models, activities, and games that teach students basic information about the eye.
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Activity
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Science Crossword Puzzles the Eye [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 8th
Find out what you know about the eye by completing this crossword puzzle!