Senses

Websites to support the study of the Senses

Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling the World

http://www.hhmi.org/senses

Presents the current biomedical research for non-scientists. Articles are all written by medical authorities and are aimed at senior students. Feature articles are changed regularly, but all are archived. Wealth of info and links that is well organized and easy to find. Includes the latest research on the brain and the nervous system.

Seeing color (Ask a Biologist)

http://ls.la.asu.edu/askabiologist/research/seecolor/

Provides information focused on color vision and includes a sample color blindness test. Uses hyperlinks to lead to many other related sites. Terms are defined throughout. (00/05)

Sighting the First Sense: Seeing is Believing

http://library.thinkquest.org/C001464/cgi-bin/main.cgi?

Features extensive information about vision, the eye, light, and perception. Includes a timeline of the events and people who worked in optical research. Searchable.

Cow’s Eye Dissection

http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cow_eye/

Provides a step-by-step dissection of a cow’s eye. Includes hints & tips, a glossary, and an interactive program that teaches about parts of the eye. Links to related sites.

Anatomy of an Eye

http://www.lasersite.com/anatomy/index.htm

Provides easy to read information and graphics about the anatomy of the human eye. Includes descriptions of how the eye works when it is functioning properly and when it is not (near sightedness, far sightedness, astigmatism). Links to information about laser surgery.

How the Eye Works

http://www.steen-hall.com/g_howeye.html

Provides easy to read information on how the eye works and on parts of the eye. Links to various problems with the eye, eye care, laser vision correction, and eye surgery.

Vision - How we see

http://sut1.sut.ac.th/netscape/Netscape_Docs/frames/eye/

Provides an introduction, a graphic, and specific information about the eye, its parts and how they work together to give us sight. Clicking on the parts of the eye in the diagram leads to additional information.

How we Perceive Sound: The Ear

http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/Ear.html

Features information on the structure of the ear and the way sound is received, transmitted and understood by the brain.

Information from your Family Doctor

http://familydoctor.org

Provides health information ‘handouts’, family health facts, and self-care flow charts for the lay person. Separate gateways for women, men, children and the elderly. Includes information on the human body senses and systems.

Neuroscience for kids - experiments & activities

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/experi.html

A basic introduction to neuroscience through the use of brain games and discussions about senses, sidedness, memory and learning. Includes teacher lesson plans, worksheets and activities that integrate science and creative writing.

Sci Central, Gatewa to the best scientific research news sources

http://www.scicentral.com

Information is available in the Biosciences and the Health Sciences sections.