Our 5 Senses - Sight

This week and next for science we are learning about our 5 senses. Yesterday we did an intro and overview of all 5 senses. Today we focused on sight. We got to watch Mrs. Antonino's eye surgery video and see her eye and all of it's parts up close and personal! We also did lots of experiments and activities involving sight. We got a partner, had them close their eyes and count to 5. When they opened their eyes we looked at their pupil and saw it get smaller as it got used to the light. The kids thought that was awesome! We also played a game where there were lots of objects on a table. Everyone closed their eyes while I removed an item, then they had to open their eyes and figure out what was missing. Then they played with a partner at their desk.

The best experiment/activity that we did was to go outside and try to toss a bean bag into a hula hoop that was a few feet in front of us. This seems pretty easy and was when we were able to use both of our eyes! After doing that a few times, I gave each kid a black piece of construction paper to put over one eye and try tossing again. It was crazy how much that messed up our depth perception and made it hard to get the bean bag in the hula hoop. The next thing we tried was putting a big piece of construction paper over both eyes and seeing if we could still get the bean bag in the hula hoop. This was so hard, but some lucky kids still made it somehow! All of these experiments and games dealing with sight made us very grateful that we have two eyes to help us see all of the wonderful things around us!