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Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Merck Manual: Structure and Function of the Eye

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: A Look Inside Your Eyes

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Biomedical Devices for the Eyes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students 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...
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Eye Cross Section

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of the human eye with this interactive labeling exercise.
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Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: The Human Eye

For Students 9th - 10th
Written by a former author of Biology textbooks, this page describes not only color vision, but the anatomy of the eye, and color blindness. Easy to understand language.
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: The Eye: Structure and Function

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students learn about the structure and function of the human eye and research how it compares to animal eyes. They will then choose an eye, write a description, and make an illustration of it, which other students will...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.48 Eyes

For Students 5th - 9th
Learn about the structure and function of the human eye.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Refraction/ray Model of Light: The Anatomy of the Eye

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the human eye as it relates to the physics ray model of light and image formation.
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Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Open Your Eyes

For Students 3rd - 6th
This webpage is a great resource for elementary teachers who are looking for activities, lessons, facts, and experiments pertaining to the eye.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Life's Grand Design

For Students 9th - 10th
Are nature's complex forms evidence of "intelligent design"? In this Evolution essay, biologist Kenneth Miller explains how the processes of evolution account for complex structures such as the human eye.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: A How the Body Works

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource provides complete, mini-learning modules about different aspects of the human body. Click on the eyeball to focus your search.
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Bio Topics

Bio Topics: The Iris Reflex

For Students 9th - 10th
This reference gives a quick-access look at the structure and function of the iris reflex in the human eye. Includes an organized flow chart showing what happens inside the eye. Hover the mouse over terms to see their definitions.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How We See Color

For Students 9th - 10th
There are three types of color receptors in your eye: red, green and blue. But how do we see the amazing kaleidoscope of other colors that make up our world? The following learning module explains how humans can see everything from...
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Other

Iris Pigmentation Research Info

For Students 9th - 10th
The focus of this site is the anatomy of the eye. The site include diagrams and slides showing details at the light microscope and electron microscope level.