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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What is It? Susie Sees!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the five senses.  In this cross curriculum five senses lesson plan, students view an "I Can See Colors" PowerPoint presentation and sort items by color and shape. Students mix primary color paints to create...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Penny and Cup Game

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners perform activities to discover if one eye is better than two. They test their sense of sight with both monocular and binocular vision. Students drop a penny and see if it lands in the cup of water. They rely on their sense of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I Think, Therefore I See

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars participate in a memory experiment to discover how the eye works. After reading an article, they analyze a new technique which examines how the brain registers sight. They develop their own memory game and conduct trials...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I Can See You

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore living without sight. For this senses lesson, 2nd graders review the different senses and what they use for each sense. Students discuss what it would be like to not be able to see and they read a story about a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mechanism of Our Eyes

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study the eye as the organ of vision, They look at a drawing of the eyes and study the names of the parts. While working with a partner, they observe what happens when the lights are turned lower and lower. Finally, they look at...
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Lesson Plan
University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: My Body My Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teacher's guide introduces children to the human body and the five senses and covers the major body parts and what they do. Children also will use their five senses to learn about the world.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction/ray Model of Light: Image Formation/detection

For Students 9th - 10th
Students discover the four parts of the eye are the most instrumental in the task of producing images that are discernible by the brain.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction/ray Model of Light: Farsightedness/correction

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief introduction to the physics side of farsightedness, and how lenses correct this vision defect.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction/ray Model of Light: Nearsightedness/correction

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief introduction to the physics side of nearsightedness, and how lenses correct this vision defect.
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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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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.47 Vision

For Students 5th - 9th
Understand the nature of human vision.