How we see things (6f)

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Anatomy Of The Eye
http://lensshopper.com/eye-anatomy.asp
Anatomy Of The Eye
The eye can be compared to a camera. They both gather light and transform it into a picture that we can interpret.
They both focus the incoming light with the help of a lens. The eye uses the retina to produce an image whilst the camera uses film. To learn more about the inner workings of the eye, just click on the name of the corresponding part in this animation.

Eye Anatomy and Function : Experiment: Peripheral vision
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/eyetr.html
Eye Anatomy and Function : Experiment: Peripheral vision
Students learn some ways to investigate the sense of sight, and find out how to plan and conduct their own experiments.
In the "CLASS EXPERIMENT," students measure their central and peripheral visual fields under different circumstances, and learn which areas of the retina carry these types of information to the brain.

How We See Things : BBC Multimedia Science
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/see_things.shtml
How We See Things : BBC Multimedia Science

The Eye
http://www.actis.co.uk/cgi-bin/ema/user.pl?action=view&articleid=34&cat=13
The Eye : Click on the question marks and drag the labels to the right positions on the diagram. Some labels have more than one layer of meaning, so keep clicking!

Seeing things - 4learning
http://4learning.co.uk/weblogic/essentials/physical/howwesee_bi.jsp
It was only a few hundred years ago that it was finally discovered how we see things. Before that, it was believed that we saw things because rays shot from our eyes, maybe bouncing back to our eyes or joining with rays of light landing on the object.

How we see things (short unit) (6f)
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/schemes2/science/sci6f/?view=get
In this unit children learn that mirrors and shiny surfaces alter the direction in which light travels and that when they see objects, light enters the eye. Children contrast reflection and shadow formation.
Experimental and investigative work focuses on:
-planning and carrying out a fair test
-making observations and measurements
-recognising when to repeat measurements
-presenting results in line graphs
-identifying patterns in data.
Work in this unit also offers opportunities for children to relate their understanding of light, reflection and shadow formation to everyday phenomena.
This unit takes approximately 6 hours.