“Eye, Light, Camera” – Eye sessions

May’s “Eye, Light, Camera” sessions, led by my dear friend Mozi – and all my big kids: Maksim, Sylvie, Carter, Dez, Benito and Luke – have been about our eyes and how amazing they are.

In our first session, we talked about how they can follow motion, see colours and receive light during a fieldtrip to the Eye Doctor @ Oak Street, but our first stop was the Emily Carr’s Elementary School park.

I’d like to share with you a short tale of our trip 😆 (by the way, we did visit the Eye Doctor but we weren’t allowed to take any photos)

Did you know that the most active muscles in our body are located inside our eyes? – Mozi says. No way! – Maksim says. Yes, why don’t we exercise our eyes right now and take a good look at that shape, it looks like an eye! Afterwards, we can go visit the Eye Doctor and have him tell us more about the eye! – Mozi says.

Our second session was very exciting because Dez, Maksim, Luke and I designed / constructed a pair of eyes each, yes, a pair! and we only used play dough, white-blue-black paint and lots of precision 😛

During the construction phase, we talked about the parts of the eye and the secrets behind it and here’s Dez conclusion of my words, which I must say, are so brilliant that I wrote them down:

“The little dark circle in the center of each of your eyes lets light in. It is called a pupil and there’s a large nerve called the optic nerve that carries one image to your brain where it gets turned around so that you see it the right way instead of upside-down!”

 

Our next “Eye, Light, Camera” session will take place @ Beau Photo next Wednesday, May 18th! We will tour around the store and have a meeting with Mozi’s friend Bill, known as the “all around fun guy” but actually, is a master of photography. Join us!

 

note: it’s almost summer, so, don’t forget your hat or sunblock 😉