Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Merck Manual: Structure and Function of the Eye
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...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Eye Quiz
How well do you know your eye structure and function? Find out with this 10 question online quiz.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Eyes
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]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Vision Bricks
[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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: How the Eye Works
[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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Vision and the Eye
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The structure and function of the eye and how we see.
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Open Your Eyes
This webpage is a great resource for elementary teachers who are looking for activities, lessons, facts, and experiments pertaining to the eye.
The Tech Interactive
Tech Museum of Innovation: Inside Your Eyeball
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.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Refraction/ray Model of Light: The Anatomy of the Eye
An introduction to the human eye as it relates to the physics ray model of light and image formation.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Your Eyes
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.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: The Eye: Structure and Function
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...
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: A Look Inside Your Eyes
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.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Happened to Your Eye?
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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Refraction of Light Through the Human Eye
This five-question quiz relating to refraction of light in the human eye.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Sight (Vision) Passage 2
This is a four-question quiz related to the "Sight (Vision) -- Passage 2."
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.48 Eyes
Learn about the structure and function of the human eye.
Other
Iris Pigmentation Research Info
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.
Bio Topics
Bio Topics: The Iris Reflex
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.
Merriam-Webster
Merriam Webster: Dictionary Illustration: Eye Anatomy
Labeled illustration of the principal parts of the eye.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: "Da" I's Have It: A Fun Look at the Eye (Lesson)
Lesson plan includes various models, activities, and games that teach students basic information about the eye.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Science Crossword Puzzles the Eye [Pdf]
Find out what you know about the eye by completing this crossword puzzle!