From eccentric inventions to fears of invasion; from social degeneration to visions of the apocalypse - these articles research literary depictions of the future and how they reflect contemporary fears of social, technological, and...

Provides an overview of strategic visioning. Gives an example of the process, and provides a model.

A two-day lesson plan for students to learn about the anatomy of the eye and the nature of vision. Includes a variety of supplemental resources for teachers.

The official homepage for the relief agency World Vision International. Students will find information on world crisis spots and on displaced people and refugees.

It's hard to imagine a modern hospital being able to function without rubber gloves- but they weren't actually invented until 1890. In the fourth installment of our 'Moments of Vision' series, Jessica Oreck shares the surprisingly...

This lesson plan examines methods of critiquing and review films based on elements of sight and sound. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.

Read the full text of the short story "The Vision of Milli the Slave" by Louis Becke.

Read the full text of the short story "The Vision of Tom Chuff" by supernatural fiction writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

Contains plans for six lessons that teach students Dolch high-frequency sight words using songs and activities. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...

Take a look at this sight and all of the activities it has to offer. Has great activities to use in the classroom as well as world wide web links.

Today, super glue is a nearly indispensable household item - but its incredibly sticky nature almost caused it to be abandoned in the development phase - twice. Jessica Oreck shares the wartime origins of this sticky substance. [1:53]

This experiment demonstrates how the eye retains its memory of what it sees for a brief time, allowing us to construct the overall image in our minds from the parts we see.

Explore this interactive visual to learn the parts of the eye, what the function of each is, and how they work together to give us the ability to see.

This article explores some of the vocabulary terms associated with "cross platform computing" and highlight several of the software and hardware solutions which permit files and software applications to be shared between computers with...

These two resource guides are a great way to learn about the full array of assistive devices and services available for a wide variety of special hearing and vision needs for any age.

Learn the different types of sensory receptors, and describe the structures responsible for the special senses of taste, smell, hearing, balance, and vision.

Details on how Age-Related Macular Degeneration is contracted and what types of foods can aid in fighting against it. Includes ideas on how to organize to compensate for lost vision abilities.

What you see and what you think you see are different things. Find out what your brain doing behind-the-scenes!

A brochure from the University of Washington on adaptive technology tools for people with disabilites. Includes tools for mobility impairments, blindness, low vision, hearing and/or speech impairments, and Specific Learning Disabilities.

To human eyes, the world at night is a formless canvas of grey. Many nocturnal animals, on the other hand, experience a rich and varied world, bursting with details, shapes, and colors.Anna Stockl uncovers the science behind night...

This helpful tutorial on color perception is divided into sections including our eyes and vision, additive and subtractive color mixing, hue and saturation, and color properties.

Lesson plan should be used for intermediate students. Students work in pairs or groups to create a shoe box that will bend light.

This is the portal to a website that provides a graphically colorful tutorial to the English language including the parts of speech, sentences, style guidelines, usage, punctuation, spelling, and so on.

Echolocation is the ability to orient by transmitting sound and receiving echoes from objects in the environment. As a result of a Marco-Polo type activity and subsequent lesson, students learn basic concepts of echolocation. They use...