Eyes

For Science we have begun, what will probably be, a very lengthy unit about the human body.
I decided to begin with the five senses, sight in particular, so this past week, we were learning about eyes.

We started this unit by watching the DVD of Bill Nye the Science Guy: Eyeballs ( after all, Blaze is a very visual learner).





I found this printable page in an old copy of (the now defunct) Copycat magazine, a teachers' magazine, at the library.




This website has good information about eyes, at an older elementary school level. It also has a read-aloud feature, where the child can listen to the article being read, while each word is highlighted. This would be great for children with a reading disability, except for the fact that the voice is very monotone and robotic sounding.

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/eyes.html

We also read the following books: