Students research why we can see colors. Approve questions before students schedule their interviews. This will provide a frame of reference with which to complete the rest of this activity. The eyes of birds are more advanced than many animals. Some can see very far distances.
Students can choose a type of bird to study and draw the head and eyes of the bird.
Have students compare drawings. List students questions about animal eyes on chart paper, checking them off as answers are given through student presentations. Although this is a fictional account of a family of bats, there is a lot of information on how bats navigate, why they fly at night and not during the day and how echolocation is used. Comparisons are made between bats and other animals. This is an entertaining story that contains a great deal of information about vision.