Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Cow's Eye Dissection
A one stop for all items about cow's eye dissection! Included on this website is a video of a dissection, interactive eye diagram to learn more about how the eye functions, and a step-by-step instructions to complete a cow dissection on...
Curated OER
Kids Health: How Eyes Work
How do we see what we see? The eye works all day from the moment you wake up to the moment you close them to go to sleep. Let's take a tour of the amazing eye! Included is a video, an article, quiz, activity and word find.
Curated OER
Kids Health: How the Body Works: Eyes
How does the eye work? View a video [5 mins. 9 secs.], check out an article, take a quiz, do an activity, and complete a word search with this comprehensive resource.
National Institutes of Health
National Eye Institute: The Cornea
This government site explains the function and structure of the cornea and includes a diagram with labeled parts of the eye.
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: A Look Inside Your Eyes
Take a look inside the human eye in this slideshow of photos, eye diagrams and descriptions that help explain the parts and functions of the eye.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: How the Eye Works
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The job of the eye is to focus light. The parts of the eye help it to carry out its job. Follow the path of light through the eye as you read about it. Learn more...
San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego Natural History: Kids' Habitat :The Eyes Have It Compound Eye
Invertebrates are known to have compound eyes. Learn the anatomy and function of this kind of eye.
University of New South Wales (Australia)
University of New South Wales: Physclips: The Eye and Color Vision
Learn about the eye and how it processes color in this learning module.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Eyes
Your eyes see, but how does vision happen? Find out how the eyes and brain work together through this video and accompanying activity guide. [6:09]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Vision and the Eye
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The structure and function of the eye and how we see.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Happened to Your Eye?
This is a virtual lab that investigates the effects of damage to eye muscles and nerves on the motion of the eyes. This lab is extremely realistic. This activity can be done as a whole class or as a demonstration.
PurposeGames
Purpose Games: Passed the Eye Test?
Match the right set of eyes with a famous celebrity. Can you get all 10 questions correct?
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Biomedical Devices for the Eyes
Learners examine the structure and function of the human eye, learning some amazing features about our eyes, which provide us with sight and an understanding of our surroundings. Students also learn about some common eye problems and the...
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Merck Manual: Structure and Function of the Eye
This site provides a an excellent guide to the structure and function of the human eye. Content addresses how the eye is built, as well as how it works to translate light and shadow into sight. A diagram illustrating the various parts of...
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Open Your Eyes
This webpage is a great resource for elementary teachers who are looking for activities, lessons, facts, and experiments pertaining to the eye.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.48 Eyes
Learn about the structure and function of the human eye.
San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego Natural History: Kids' Habitat :The Eyes Have It Simple Eyes
Earthworms and other simple animals like the starfish have a different eye structure known as a 'simple' eye.Learn about its anatomy and how it functions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Refraction of Light Through the Human Eye
This five-question quiz relating to refraction of light in the human eye.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Refraction/ray Model of Light: The Anatomy of the Eye
An introduction to the human eye as it relates to the physics ray model of light and image formation.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Eye Quiz
How well do you know your eye structure and function? Find out with this 10 question online quiz.
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Eye & Ear
Understand the structure and function of the eye and ear cells by examining these microscopic tissue samples.
University of Washington
Neuroscience for Kids: The Eye
Easy to understand description of the parts of the eye and their functions. Lots of labeled illustrations. At the bottom of the page additional content includes games, quizzes, lesson plans and activities about vision.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: The Eye
This StudyCards stack enables students to review the vocabulary about and physiology of the eye.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Scale Model of Human Eye
A scale model of the human eye is shown. Information about the parts of the eye and the common defects that result from its malfunctioning.