Human Eye

Physics SSS2 Third Term

Sub Theme: Waves Motion without Material Transfer

WEEK 7

Human Eye

Performance Objectives

Students should be able to;

1. Explain the role played by some parts of the eye in the formation of image on the retina.  
2. Compare and contrast the eye and the camera.
3. State the defects of the eye and their causes.
4. Identify the type of lenses for correcting the various defects of the eye.

Optical Instruments

Content

Optical instruments processes light waves to enhance an image for viewing or analyze light waves to determine number of characteristic properties. The very first optical instruments were telescopes and microscopes used for magnifications of images. Mirrors and lenses find their applications in very many walks…