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MacInnes, Iain; Smith, Stuart – Physics Teacher, 2010
In the "The Science Study Series" book "The Physics of Television", it is stated that persistence of vision lasts for about a tenth of a second. This will be a notional figure just as 25 cm is taken to be the least distance of distinct vision. Estimates range from 1/8 to 1/16 s.
Descriptors: Persistence, Vision, Visual Perception, Science Instruction
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Colicchia, Giuseppe; Hopf, Martin; Wiesner, Hartmut; Zollman, Dean – Physics Teacher, 2008
Eye aberrations are commonly corrected by lenses that restore vision by altering rays before they pass through the cornea. Some modern promoters claim that pinhole glasses are better than conventional lenses in correcting all kinds of refractive defects such as myopia (nearsighted), hyperopia (farsighted), astigmatisms, and presbyopia. Do pinhole…
Descriptors: Optics, Vision, Human Body, Science Experiments
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Supalo, Cary A.; Mallouk, Thomas E.; Amorosi, Christeallia; Lanouette, James; Wohlers, H. David; McEnnis, Kathleen – Journal of Chemical Education, 2009
A brief overview of the 2007 National Federation of the Blind-Jernigan Institute Youth Slam Chemistry Track, a course of study within a science camp that provided firsthand experimental experience to 200 students who are blind and low-vision, is given. For many of these students, this was their first hands-on experience with laboratory chemistry.…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Vision, Chemistry, Science Laboratories
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Cortel, Adolf – Physics Education, 2005
Many simple experiments can be performed in the classroom to explore the physics of vision. Students can learn of the two types of receptive cells (rods and cones), their distribution on the retina and the existence of the blind spot.
Descriptors: Vision, Optics, Visual Perception, Physics