2. * There is a famous quote that reads: “The eyes are
the windows to our soul”. With science, we have
discovered that the eyes are actually the windows
to our brain. How can this happen? We only "see"
after our brains interpret what's sent to them
from our eyes.
3. * Watch this video so you can understand more
about the process:
*
Bill Nye The Science Guy on The Eyeball
4. * Luckily, for most of us our eye catches all the colors around
us. Our world is full of color thanks to these windows; our
eyes.
*
* Have you asked yourself, how would it be like to wake up one
day, and all of a sudden you realize there is something wrong
with your eyesight. Your world has been dimmed to a
monochromatic, pale, and grayish or dull world! There are
many colors missing everywhere; the shirt that used to be
purple is now pale blue! Your bright green pants are now light
brown! How can this happen?
*
* Of course this can’t really happen from one day to
another. But, did you know there are people who were born
like that? They are born with a condition that is called Color-
Blindness.
*
5. *
* Color-blindness is the inability to distinguish
the differences between certain colors. This
condition results from an absence of color-
sensitive pigment in the cone cells of the
retina, the nerve layer at the back of the eye.
*
* Most color vision problems are inherited and
are present at birth. Approximately 1 out of 12
males and 1 out of 20 women are color blind.
7. *
*what is it like to be colorblind?
*Colour Blind (BBC - Do you see
what I see?)
8. Being color blind can make it tricky
to match your shirt and pants, but
it's not a serious problem. People
who are color blind can do normal
stuff, even drive. Most color-blind
people can't tell the difference
between red and green, but they
can learn to respond to the way the
traffic signal lights up — the red
light is generally on top and green is
on the bottom.
The problem is many people
are misinformed of the Color-Blind
condition. Some people think color-
blindness is referring to a person
who’s blind. Other people believe
color-blindness is when people who
see “only” black and white
colors, just like a black and white
TV.
9. *
* For this assignment you will be working in teams of two. Your team will
have access to a laptop with internet access.
*
* Your task is to investigate, search more about this condition.
* For example,
*· What is color-blindness?
*· How many different color-blindness conditions are out there?
*· Can it get prevented?
*· How can this affect a person’s life?
*· Can we find a solution to color-blindness?
*· How can people help other people with color-blindness?
*· How are color-blind people different from us?
*· How does the eye work differently than our eyes?
*· What is the eye anatomy?
*· How does the eye transmit color to the brain?
* How can we take care of our eyes?
* And so on…
10. *
*
*After you have found essential
information, illustrations, visual aids, videos, etc. You
will gather all of it together and create a five-slide
Presentation with VoiceThread.
*
*Your team will also create an Eye Anatomy poster by
drawing a human eye on white tag board. These
drawing posters will be posted on the “Science Hall”.
11.
12. *In this Color-Blindness and Eye Anatomy
Search Engine you can find everything you
need to know about the eye anatomy, the
color-blindness conditions, possible
solutions, informative videos, tutorial
videos on how to draw the human eye and
information on how to take care of our
eyes.
* HERE HERE
