https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes This website is about how the eyes work en-us 2016-10-07 11:35:28 UTC 2024-04-30 14:36:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-artifacts.s3.amazonaws.com/prod/c1322cc1c6a34960db97ebf716cbe99186c22db5/rendered_image.png 15mullek https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129079118 This website is an informative and fun way to learn about the amazing eyes! ]]> 2016-10-07 11:50:22 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129079118 15burfig https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129079219 2016-10-07 11:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129079219 https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129081094 To protect our eyes they are positioned in a hollowed eye socket, while eyebrows prevent sweat dripping into your eyes and eyelashes keep dirt out of your eyes]]> 2016-10-07 11:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129081094 https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129081307 Your eyeballs stay the same size from birth to death, while your nose and ears continue to grow.]]> 2016-10-07 12:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129081307 https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129081453 Only 1/6 of the human eyeball is exposed.]]> 2016-10-07 12:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129081453 https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129081474 2016-10-07 12:00:49 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129081474 15burfig https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129081482 IRIS - coloured part of the eye
CORNEA -
PUPIL - the little black dot that lets light in
RETINA
SCLERA
MACULA
FOVEA
OPTIC NERVE - sends all images to the brain
CHOROID
LENS - a protective layer that covers your eye ball 
EYELID - protects your eye
VITREOUS HUMOUR]]> 2016-10-07 12:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129081482 https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129081650 A fingerprint has 40 unique characteristics, but an iris has 256, a reason retina scans are increasingly being used for security purposes.]]> 2016-10-07 12:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129081650 https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129081798 Eyes heal quickly. With proper care, it takes only about 48 hours to repair a minor corneal scratch.]]> 2016-10-07 12:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129081798 15andrem https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129081955 2016-10-07 12:03:16 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129081955 https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129081958  People who are blind can see their dreams if they weren’t born blind.]]> 2016-10-07 12:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129081958 https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129082200 80% of what we learn is through our eyes]]> 2016-10-07 12:04:30 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129082200 15andrem https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129082268 2016-10-07 12:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129082268 https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129083076 2016-10-07 12:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129083076 https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129083848 2016-10-07 12:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129083848 https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129084503 2016-10-07 12:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129084503 https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129085095 2016-10-07 12:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129085095 15andrem https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129442078 2016-10-10 09:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129442078 15preecb https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129442173 2016-10-10 09:10:47 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129442173 15andrem https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129442205 The entire length of all the eyelashes shed by a human in their life is over 98 feet with each eye lash having a life span of about 5 months.]]> 2016-10-10 09:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129442205 15andrem https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129442574 “Red eye” occurs in photos because light from the flash bounces off the back of the eye. The choroid is located behind the retina and is rich in blood vessels, which make it appear red on film.]]> 2016-10-10 09:12:52 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129442574 15preecb https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129442924 These are all the eye colours]]> 2016-10-10 09:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129442924 15andrem https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129443086 Your eyes start to develop two weeks after you are conceived.]]> 2016-10-10 09:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129443086 15preecb https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129443413 hazel-brown mixed with green]]> 2016-10-10 09:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129443413 15andrem https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129444276 Eye colour is determined by the amount of melanin in your iris.]]> 2016-10-10 09:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129444276 15andrem https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129444548 All babies are colour blind at birth. ]]> 2016-10-10 09:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129444548 15burfig https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129444810 The average blink lasts for about 1/10th of a second.]]> 2016-10-10 09:24:14 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129444810 15burfig https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129445057 Newborn babies  don’t produce tears. They make crying sounds, but the tears don’t start flowing until they are about 4-13 weeks old.]]> 2016-10-10 09:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129445057 15burfig https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129445236 You blink about 12 times every minute.]]> 2016-10-10 09:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129445236 15burfig https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129445383 Your eyes are about 1 inch across and weigh about 0.25 ounce.]]> 2016-10-10 09:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129445383 15burfig https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129445515 Some people are born with two differently coloured eyes. This condition is heterochromia.]]> 2016-10-10 09:26:48 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129445515 15burfig https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129445842 Your retinas cannot detect the colour red.]]> 2016-10-10 09:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129445842 15burfig https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129446882 Human corneas are so similar to shark corneas that they have been used as a replacement in human eye surgery]]> 2016-10-10 09:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129446882 15preecb https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129447136 People wear glasses for several reasons. People who have "fuzzy" vision when they look at distant objects are called nearsighted (myopic). In these people, the image is focused in front of the retina. The lens of glasses needed to correct vision in nearsighted people is concave.]]> 2016-10-10 09:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129447136 15burfig https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129447178 it is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open]]> 2016-10-10 09:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129447178 15andrem https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129447293 2016-10-10 09:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129447293 15burfig https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129447335 The focusing muscle of the human eye moves about 1000,000 times every day.]]> 2016-10-10 09:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129447335 15mullek https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129447825 The eye is part of the visual system and controls what we see every minute of every day. The eye can detect light and image. Some people who are born blind or develop blindness can sometimes see shapes or figures but never clearly.]]> 2016-10-10 09:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/15mullek/mgbk8akeyes/wish/129447825