Homeschool anatomy: Our eyes

We took a week to learn about our amazing eyes.

We transformed this t-ball into a snazzy blue eye, complete with plastic wrap cornea and yarn optic nerves.

A different day, we did a pupil study. The children ran all around the house trying to figure out what made their pupils large or small. They tried laughing and being surprised, they tried hiding under the crib or in closets, they even went into the fridge to see if temperature had something to do with it.
They now know that a pupil's size is related to the amount of light available.

One day we made our eyes for our paper bodies. I had set out supplies, but gave very little directions. There were different sized coins and circular containers to trace, scissors, yarn, paper, tape, glue sticks, etc. We just figured it out as we went ...

 

It's hard to tell, but they too are wrapped in plastic wrapped corneas.

The children can identify the pupil, iris, sclera, cornea and nerves.
Big Sis also remembers the retina and lens.

Here's looking at you, kid. :)