Flipped Classroom Science Club - Light Week 3

Our previous sessions on this fascinating Physics topic:

• Light Week 1
• Light Week 2

Today we looked more at Light and the workings of the human eye.

Friday, April 24

Prior to Meeting

• "From Sand into Glass," page 39
  from It's Fun to Know Why: Experiments with Things Around Us
  (chapter "Glass - A Window on the World") by Julius Schwartz

  

• "Making a Lens," page 49
• Human Eye Diagram coloring page & control chart
• "Keep Your Eye on the Ball," page 88
  from Blood and Guts: A Working Guide to Your Own Insides by Linda Allison

  

• "Hole in Your Hand," page 89
• Design Challenge
  "Design a Plant Maze," page 33
  from The Curious Kid's Science Book by Asia Citro

  

During the Meeting

• review the results of student at-home activities
• discuss information from page 87 and 90 of Blood and Guts by Linda Allison

  

• do "Eye Observation" on page 91 (Cornea, Iris, Lens) and "See Stars" on page 96 (Retina)
• discuss information from page 93
• do "Shifty-Eyed" on page 94 (Fovea)
• read bottom paragraph from "How the Human Eye Forms Images" on page 53 of Easy Genius Science Projects with the Human Body: Great Experiments and Ideas by Robert Gardner

  

  "As an interesting experiment, several people have worn prisms in front of their eyes that created images on the retina that were right side up. For a while, they saw an upside down world. But within a few days they learned to see the world the way it really is. What do you think happened when they took off the prisms that caused the images on their retinas to be right side up?"

• do "Seeing is Believing" on page 88 of Blood and Guts
• do "Blind Spot" on page 91 of Blood and Guts (and on page 64 of Easy Genius Science Projects with the Human Body)
• look at illustrations and read information on "The Evolution of the Eye" from the back of Eye to Eye: How Animals See The World by Steve Jenkins

  

  eyespot: light-sensitive cells

  eyecup: light-sensitive cells

  pinhole eye: pinhole opening, seawater, retina

  primitive lens eye: cornea, fluid-filled lens, retina

  camera eye: cornea, iris, lens, retina

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