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This item is a video-based interactive activity that gives users a close-up and fascinating view of the anatomy of a real cow eye as it is dissected by a teenage narrator. The Flash movies are divided into 12 segments which may be stopped/started interactively. Each segment contains text information with vocabulary definitions in a "hover-over" format. The resource also provides a diagram of the eye and detailed illustrations of how the eye refracts light and sends messages to the optic nerve.
Teachers' Domain is an NSF-funded pathway of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL). It is a growing collection of more than 1,000 free educational resources compiled by researchers and experienced teachers to promote the use of digital resources in the classroom. Please note that this resource requires Flash.
This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.
Topic: Nature and Behavior of Light
Unit Title: The Eye We guarantee that this video-based activity will fascinate your students as they learn about the anatomy of the eye. A teenage narrator dissects a real cow eye (with optic nerve attached) in a 12-part Flash video. Students will get an up close & personal view of the cornea, iris, lens, and retina as they control the pace of the videos. Also includes an eye diagram and illustrations that show how the eye refracts light and sends messages to the optic nerve. Link to Unit:
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<a href="http://www.thephysicsfront.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=9124">WGBH Educational Foundation. Teachers' Domain: Cow's Eye Dissection. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, March 17, 2008.</a>
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Teachers' Domain: Cow's Eye Dissection (WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, 2007), WWW Document, (http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/lsps07_int_coweye/).
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Teachers' Domain: Cow's Eye Dissection (WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, 2007), <http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/lsps07_int_coweye/>.
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Teachers' Domain: Cow's Eye Dissection. (2008, March 17). Retrieved May 19, 2013, from WGBH Educational Foundation: http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/lsps07_int_coweye/
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WGBH Educational Foundation. Teachers' Domain: Cow's Eye Dissection. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, March 17, 2008. http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/lsps07_int_coweye/ (accessed 19 May 2013).
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Teachers' Domain: Cow's Eye Dissection. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2007. 17 Mar. 2008. 19 May 2013 <http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/lsps07_int_coweye/>.
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@misc{
Title = {Teachers' Domain: Cow's Eye Dissection},
Publisher = {WGBH Educational Foundation},
Volume = {2013},
Number = {19 May 2013},
Month = {March 17, 2008},
Year = {2007}
}
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