Science Class - The Eye

Sometimes I really surprise myself...

we are getting the hang of somewhat

of a schedule around here.

Sort of...

We are doing well with a few subjects

others are lacking.

R is doing well with

language

math

religion

reading & comp

handwriting

J is doing well with

language

phonics

reading

math

handwriting

We haven't worked religion into

J's workload yet...

Science and History and Geography...

we do when I work them in.

We started reading out of 3rd grade

science book we have.

I decided to teach both boys science at the same time.

They will each get something out of it.

Theoretically, R will get more out of it than J will,

but, they should both get SOMETHING out of it.

We started reading about senses,

sense organs,

nerves...

Then we moved into the sense organs.

Eyes being first...

We were reading about a few parts of the eye:

pupil

iris

And the book was describing the purpose of the 

iris is not only just for color,

but to control the light entering the pupil.

So I thought about ways to help show 

the boys about this concept.

So out came the flashlight...
And explicit instructions that this is NOT

a game...

just instructional time with mommy.

But first I had them check out 

each other's irises

and 

eye color.

 I let the boys shine the flashlight

briefly in my eyes 

then move it

to watch the irises/pupils

change size...

(check out the big ole finger in this pic) 

 Then we used their little sister's 

Hello Kitty hand held compact mirror

to look at their eyes

and draw and label it!

I was impressed with J's ability to keep up with this.

He did VERY well,

and he labeled the parts well too!!