5 Senses
November 12, 2022
Amazing Vision Eye Science Experiments for Kids

Amazing Vision Eye Science Experiments for Kids

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Help kids learn about the human body and their five senses with this easy, eye science experiments exploring vision! Kids of all ages from preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade students will have fun trying this amazing eye experiments.  Prepare to be amazed with this simple vision experiments.

Help kids learn about the human body and their five senses with this easy, eye science experiments exploring vision! Kids of all ages from preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade students will have fun trying this amazing eye experiments.  Prepare to be amazed with this simple vision experiments.

Eye Science Experiments

Children will have fun learning about how their eyes work with this easy science project exploring their sense of sight! This Eye Science Experiments is such a fun addition to a lesson on my body for preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, and grade 6 students. Plus you will appreciate this human body activity only uses simple materials you already have at home!

Eye experiments

When our eye sees something, it sends a message to the brain to make sense of the image. The brain keeps that image for about 1/10 to 1/30th of a second. That doesn’t seem like very long, but it makes a big difference in how we process the world around us. If our brains didn’t keep images, we would see darkness every time we blink. Because our brains do keep the image, even for a very short time, we don’t even notice a disruption in or vision.

Movies and TVs take advantage of the way our vision works. When we go to the movies, the film shows a new frame every 1/24th of a second. Even though there are disruptions in the image, our brains retain the image of each frame until the next frame is shown. This gives us the illusion of continuous, smooth motion.

vision science experiment

Sense of sight experiments

We can create an experiment of our own that helps to show how the brain keeps images and how it affects the way we see the world around us. You will just need to collect a few items from around the house.

  • card stock or this card board
  • pencil or pen
  • scissors
  • hole punch
  • ruler
  • string
trace a circle on cardstock

Vision experiments

Start the eye experiments by drawing or trace a circle on the card stock approximately 4 inches in diameter.

on one side draw a fish bowl and on the other side draw a fish

Sight experiments

Cut the circle out with the scissors. Then, draw a fish bowl on one side of the circle and a fish on the opposite side.

using a hole punch and string make these handles

Eye experiments for kids

Cut 2 lengths of string 24 inches long. Thread a string through the holes on each side of the circle. Next, hold the strings and twirl the circle around so that the strings are twisted together on each side of the circle. One person can do this, but sometimes it’s easier to have one person hold the strings and another person twirl the circle. Start with 25 or 30 twists.

pull strings so it spins for this vision science experiment to amaze your homeschooelrs

Eye experiment

Pull the twisted strings straight out to the sides so that the circle spins. What do you see? If you have twisted the strings tight enough, you should see the fish appear to be in the bowl. If you do not see this, try twisting your string more.

Human eye science project

When the circle spins around, the eye sees both images. The brain retains the first image for a fraction of a second. This is long enough for the eye to see the second image. This causes the two images to overlap in the brain and the fish appears to be in the bowl.

Did you see the images overlap? If not, twist the strings tighter so that they will spin faster when you pull the strings. How many twists did it take?

The retaining of images in the brain makes this experiment work just like movie film works to make individual frames appear to be continuous motion. It’s just one of the many wonders of our human vision!

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Human Body for Kids

We continued exploring the five senses with these grade school and human body preschool activities:
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  • Human Body human body playdough mats – lots of choices to learn about various systems of the body including simple for preschoolers, skeletal system, organs, muscles, nerves, and more!
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  • Free Skeletal System Worksheets for Kids – everything you need to teach kids about their bodies!
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Human Body Projects

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Human Body Experiments

30 EPIC projects to explore simple machines for kids! These are such fun, hands on science projects for kids of all ages #simplemachines #scienceproject #scienceisfun This fun hands-on human body for kids project is such a fun way to learn about our amazing bodies! These Human Body Playdough Mats are a fun way for kids of all ages to learn about what is inside our body. Learn about human body parts for kids by completing the free printable playdouh mats. Children will learn about body systems for kids as they make bones, skeletal system, muscles, organs, and more! Use these playdough mats as part of a study of anatomy making human body model for kids from toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade students. Simply print the playdoh mats and learn about my body parts for kids with a hands-on science activity. capillary-action-science-experiment-for-kids 100 Amazing Food Experiments for Kids - so many clever edible science projects for kids of all ages to explore chemistry, biology, physics, and earth science! #scienceexperiment #scienceproject #kidsactivities

Fun Science Experiments

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Science Exeriments for Kids

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Easy Science Experiments

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Beth Gorden

Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! She has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids ABCs, science, English grammar, history, math, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables – www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!

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