ALEX Lesson Plan Resources

ALEX Lesson Plans  
Subject: Science (4)
Title: Eye Spy
Description: Throughout this lesson, students will discover how the lens in your eye helps focus light. First, students will discuss the parts of the eye and how these parts work together to allow us to see. Then, students will use a clear plastic bag filled with water to create a model of an eyeball to investigate how the lens in your eye helps focus light. This lesson results from the ALEX Resource Gap Project.


Subject: Science (4)
Title: The Eyes Have It
Description: In this lesson, students will investigate how light rays reflect from the surface of an object and allow us to see the object by viewing several small items inside a black bag with and without the use of a light source. Students will work collaboratively on an online simulation to control the path of light in order to illuminate objects. Students will construct a model to describe how an object can be seen when light reflected from its surface enters the eye. This lesson results from the ALEX Resource Gap Project.


Subject: Science (4)
Title: When Light Gets in Your Eyes
Description: How does light affect sight?  In this lesson, students will observe how light reflects off objects and into the eye so we can see.  They will learn how the pupil controls the amount of light entering the eye, how we perceive color by sensing different wavelengths of light, and why objects look different in bright and dim light. This lesson results from a collaboration between the Alabama State Department of Education and ASTA.