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Science Interdisciplinary Project-Based Unit |
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SUMMARY |
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For Your Eyes Only is a science, health, vocational, and technology unit involving project-based learning for students in grades six, seven, and eight. In this interdisciplinary project students will use a collaborative model to learn about the human eye through interactive websites, teaching models, hands-on activities, virtual and physical field trips, and professional speakers. The purpose of this project is to allow students to learn from one another, solve problems and draw conclusions while acquiring information for a common cause. When students are involved in self-motivated activities, self-esteem is raised, consequently increasing student achievement. |
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Introduction |
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The leading causes of blindness will double their impact in the coming years as the nation's 76 million baby boomers reach older adulthood. According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, more than 100,000 people incur eye injuries each year and more than half of the victims of those injuries are children. This unit will allow students to learn about one of the human's most important sense organ, the eye. |
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