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Note-taking Guide: How We See
What do you know about eyes?
eyes
Questions
What do you wonder?
Answers
What have you learned?
Sorting Activity
 What worked best? ___________________________________
 What didn’t work? ____________________________________
 Why was this a problem? ________________________________
Read the article from Live Science and use it as evidence to answer these
questions:
1. Why do colors look different in dim light than they do in bright light?
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2. Which cells in our eyes help us to detect color? _________________
3. We cannot see any colors in complete darkness. Does that mean the
colors are not there, or just that we cannot see them? ____________
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4. Do people and see animals see the same colors? Why or why not?
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5. Why do bananas look yellow? _______________________________
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Draw arrows from to show how light helps us see the grapes. Show which
way the light must travel for us to see the object. For an added challenge,
use crayons to show the colors of light.