Eye, physiological model

Function and Applications

Eye model to visualize the physical fundamentals of sight.

Benefits

Topics to demonstrate:

• Pictures of an object appear upside down on the retina
• Demonstration of myopia and its correction
• Demonstration of hyperopia and its correction
• Vision correction by superior optics
  

Equipment and Technical Data

• Half eyeball with adjustable iris diaphragm, lens holder and 2 convex lenses (f = 65 mm and 80mm), on a rod
• Half eyeball with retina (transparent screen), on a rod
• Lens holder with one concave and one convex corrective lens, on a rod
• Candle holder with 2 candles, on a rod
• Aluminium rail, 50 cm long, with 4 clamp slides
• Storage case for physical eye model
• Complementary experiments text