Department Optometry
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april
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Bod Quad
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Lindley Hall, room 130 Walk through the different components of the eye from different species. Cow, pig and mouse dissected
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Lindley Hall, room 130
Walk through the different components of the eye from different species. Cow, pig and mouse dissected eyeballs will be on display. Walk through the anatomy while comparing to the human model eye. Many of the structures and functions are the same; however, the scale is drastically different.
Eyeball TossCome play a fun game of ‘eyeball ball’ tossDepartmentOptometry9:00 am - 3:00 pm Bod Quad
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Bod Quad
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Lindley Hall, room 135 Experience the daily life of people who need eyeglasses to see. Come play a fun game of ‘eyeball
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Lindley Hall, room 135
Experience the daily life of people who need eyeglasses to see. Come play a fun game of ‘eyeball ball’ to see how many eyeballs you can put in the bucket while wearing refractive eyeglasses. Compete to get on our leader board. The leader at 3 pm wins a prize bag. Must be present to win.
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Bod Quad
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Lindley Hall, room 135 Experience the daily life of people with low vision. Maneuver in, around, over, and under obstacles all while
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Lindley Hall, room 135
Experience the daily life of people with low vision. Maneuver in, around, over, and under obstacles all while wearing eyeglasses which restrict your field-of-view. Compete to get on our leader board. The leader at 3 pm wins a prize bag. Must be present to win.
Optical IllusionsLet your eyes trick your brain!DepartmentOptometry9:00 am - 3:00 pm Bod Quad
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Bod Quad
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Lindley Hall, room 130 Understand how to trick your eye/brain. How our eye and brain work together to enable vision. What we
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Lindley Hall, room 130
Understand how to trick your eye/brain. How our eye and brain work together to enable vision. What we see is built on brain experience and memory. Your brain can be confused if information available is not enough to match a single experience.
Polarized SunglassesRegain your privacyDepartmentOptometry9:00 am - 3:00 pm Bod Quad
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Bod Quad
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Lindley Hall, room 130 Understand how sunglasses work. How cool will it be to work on your monitor without people seeing what
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Lindley Hall, room 130
Understand how sunglasses work. How cool will it be to work on your monitor without people seeing what is going on your screen? Use the principle behind sunglasses to hide information on your monitor. Wear your cool sunglasses to “un-encrypt” your information.
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Bod Quad
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Lindley Hall, room 135 Experience some of the daily activities of eye doctors. Come learn why some people need to wear eyeglasses,
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Lindley Hall, room 135
Experience some of the daily activities of eye doctors. Come learn why some people need to wear eyeglasses, and why eyeglasses help some people and not others. Plus, learn the answer to the age-old question optometrists always ask, “which is better, 1 or 2?”.
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Bod Quad
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Lindley Hall, room 130 Understand why we see what we see. Come see the miracle of light as water bends things that
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Lindley Hall, room 130
Understand why we see what we see. Come see the miracle of light as water bends things that are straight, and maybe even can make them disappear. Understand the fundamental process behind vision. Understand why a stirring rod is visible in air and water, but not in glycerol.