The Five Senses - Sight

There's much to learn about the five senses, so I recommend that you take them one at a time. This week, let's concentrate on sight. Here are a few resources that might help:

Topics to Study:

• Parts of the eye.
• Light
• Color
• Braille
• 20/20 Vision, Nearsighted & Farsighted

Reading:

• Helen Keller: From Tragedy to Triumph (The Childhood of Famous Americans Series)
• The Cay
  
• All About Light (Rookie Read-About Science)
  
• Why Do Leaves Change Color? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science)
  
• Buddy: The First Seeing Eye Dog
  
• Louis Braille (History Maker Bios).

Internet Research:

• Perceiving light.
• How the Eye Works and activity sheet.
  

Activities:

• Draw your own diagram of the eye or use my Eye Diagram Form or Eye Worksheet. Label the major parts: cornea, lens, sciera, pupil, iris, retina, optic nerve, rods, cones, eyelash, tear duct, vitreous
• Put together an  Anatomical Eyeball Model.
• Optical Illusions.
  
• Make a dinosaur flip book.
• You've Got Braille.
• Repetition in Art.
• Neuroscience for Kids.
• Buy a The Sunlight Print Kit or use construction paper (it fades pretty fast in the sun!).
• Play Pin the Tail on the Donkey.
• Dissect a cow's eye or watch a virtual cow's eye dissection.

Composition:

• Compare an eye to a camera. How are they alike? Different?
• Write a book report on Louis Braille or Helen Keller. Use my Famous Person report form, if desired.

Don't forget to check this off in your copy of The Checklist, page 153.