BioOptics corporation: An investigative interdisciplinary case study on the eye

 

Christopher C. Barney, Catherine Mader, Kathy A. Winnett-Murray, Lori Hertel, & Alan DeWeerd

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2009, Volume 30

Abstract

This case study on vision was designed by an interdisciplinary team with the goal of exposing introductory biology students to the importance of physics in solving biological problems. In the laboratory portion of this exercise, students manipulate an optics bench apparatus equipped with various lenses, mirrors, and measurement devices, to investigate the effect of pinhole designs, lenses, and mirrors on the formation of images, the image quality, and the effect of distance between image and lens on vision.

Keywords:  vision, lens, eye, biophysics, optics

University of Toronto, Mississauga (2008)