LESSON PLAN

Subject : PHYSICS CLASS :X

TOPIC: : HUMAN EYE AND THE DURATION : 40 min

COLOURFUL WORLD

SUBTOPIC : STRUCTURE OF HUMAN EYE

General Objective: Students will be exposed to various applications of physics so that they develop required

scientific attitude
2.Facts

 Eye is the most important sensory organ of the human body which receives
light of various wavelengths reflected from objects at varying distances.
 The eyes are held in protective bony sockets of the skull called orbits by eye
muscles which control eye movement
 The eye ball has three layers: the sclera and the cornea; the choroid
 Sclera is the tough outermost covering of the eye that imparts firmness to the
eyeball.

 The transparent front portion of the sclera is called the cornea and it admits
light into the eye

 Conjuctiva is the transparent mucous membrane continuous with the epithelium

of the eyelids and protects the cornea.
 Choroid is the highly vascular layer that supplies oxygen and nutrients to the
eye tissues.
 The circular dark screen called iris is located in the anterior part of the choroid
 The aperture present at the centre of the iris is called the pupil.
 The part of retina with greatest vision is called yellow spot and with no vision
is called the blind spot.
  Lens is the transparent, elastic and convex structure that focuses the light onto
the retina
 The lens separates the eyeball into two chambers known as the aqueous
chamber and the vitreous chamber.
 The chamber between the lens and the cornea is called aqueous chamber.
 Aqueous chamber filled with a watery fluid called aqueous humour

 Vitreous chamber is the large posterior chamber in between the lens and the
retina, filled with a clear jelly-like substance called vitreous humour

3. Major Concept Structure of Eye

Learning Outcomes in terms of Specifications

I. Cognitive Domain Enable the pupil to develop:

1. Remembering

 retrieving the scientific terms, facts, concepts and definitions mentioned in the
content analysis
 identifying different parts of the eye especially the layers of the eyeball, the
chambers, photosensitive cells and the protective measures

2. Understanding

 clarifying the functions of different parts of the eye like the sclera, cornea,
choroid, iris, pupil, lens, retina, the aqueous chamber, vitreous chamber, yellow
spot, blind spot and optic nerve
 illustrating the structure of eye through a model
 explaining the structure of the eye
 comparing the nature of the fluid in the aqueous and vitreous chamber,
characteristic features of the yellow and the blind spot, and the difference
between the rod cells and the cone cells

3. Applying

 executing the acquired knowledge by giving reasons to the question like ‘How
the eye is protected? & How the visual stimulus reaches the brain?
 implementing the acquired knowledge to give reason to the unfamiliar situation
like ‘Why the light entering the eye is not reflected out?, Why human beings are
able to differentiate between colours?, & How tears in the eye help in
protection?’
 4. Analysing

 differentiating between sclera and cornea, iris and pupil, aqueous chamber and
vitreous chamber, aqueous humour and vitreous humour, yellow spot and blind
spot, rod cells and cone cells
 outlining the structure of the eye
 deconstructing the misconception that donating eye doesn’t mean entire eye is
donated but only the cornea,

5. Evaluating

 detecting the blind spot with the help of a figure

 judging the necessity of iris, pupil, ciliary body, suspensory ligament, lens,
aqueous humour, vitreous humour, retina, rod cells, cone cells and optic nerve

6. Creating

 generating a mental idea about creating a story or biography of the eye,3D-still

model, working model
 planning to write a cartoon story about the structure of the eye.
 producing a story or a 3D-model of the eye.

II. Process Skills Enable the pupil to develop process Skills like

 Observing the chart, model or video showing the structure of the eye
  collecting extra information regarding the diseases affecting the eye, latest
development in treatment of blindness, corneal transplantation and eye bank
 Outlining the various structural eye defects like presbyopia, astigmatism and
cataract

III. Affective Domain Enable the pupil to develop

1. Scientific Interest to know the mechanism of vision in human eye
2. Positive Attitude towards the visual organs existing in other organisms.
3. Appreciation of developments in treatment of visual defects and to value practices like eye
donation.
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ACTIVITY.3
Teacher divides the class into five groups- sclera group, choroid group,
retina group, aqueous chamber and vitreous chamber groups. Activity
cards were provided to each group. The members of the group are required
to find out the reason that ‘Why the eyes become tired while using
computers for a long time?’
Recapitulation
Teacher calls out a member from each group to present the outcomes of
their group activity. This is followed by stating the correct answer by
the teacher and points are rewarded to the groups. Mistakes, if any, made
by the students are rectified and reviewed.

Review
1. What are the different layers of eyeball?
2. Which layer imparts firmness to the eyeball?
3. What is the nature of lens in our eye?
4. What is the difference between blind spot and yellow spot?
5. What are the two chambers present inside the eye?
6. Which is the layer of the eye associated with image formation

Homework assignment
1. Draw a labelled diagram of the structure of the eye.
2. Collect information regarding different diseases affecting the eye.