Diary of Mrs. Light Wave Healthy Eye Vision by Jeffrey T. Bradley, Ann Arbor Skyline High School, Health & Medicine Magnet In collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov www.SkylineHealthMedicine.com Summary In this lesson students will investigate four major eye diseases. Students will create a diary about how it feels to be a light wave passing through a normal healthy eye then an eye with vision impairment such as cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy. Students story can be shared as a podcast, videocast or read aloud to class or within small groups. Learning Outcomes • Students will learn about the health and well being of a normal healthy eye. • Students will investigate four major diseases of the eye and reasons for these diseases and the resultant effects. • Students will investigate vision public health disease prevention and treatment of the eye. • Students will use their science understanding to create a literacy work • These literary works can be posted on www.SkylineHealthMedicine.com or podcasted there too. To download the Powerpoint RightClick