The Wise About Eyes exhibit is designed to educate Ohio’s children and their parents and teachers on how to keep their eyes healthy and safe. The exhibit contains five interactive kiosks whose learning objectives have been aligned with the National Health Education Standards, which have been adopted by the Ohio Department of Health. The exhibit is funded by the Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Child and Family Health Services, Save Our Sight Program. Wise About Eyes was researched and constructed in partnership with the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery and in cooperation with the Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Association of School Nurses, Opticians Association of Ohio, and Ohio Optometric Association.
The Wise About Eyes Exhibit is premiering during the Summer of 2007 at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery in Dayton. In Septbember, 2008, the exhibit will travel to the Cincinnati Museum Center and in January 2009 the exhibit will open at COSI Columbus. Wise About Eyes will then travel to other museums in Ohio beginning in the Summer of 2009.
Through the Wise About Eyes Exhibit, children and their caretakers will learn through a series of five kiosks about….
1. How to Be Safe. In this kiosk, children will learn about the importance of wearing eye protection when participating in sports, working at home, on the job, when out in the sun, and about fireworks safety. Children will have the opportunity to “seek and find” what is wrong with a picture by identifying situations when people should be wearing eye protection. Photos will lift up to reveal how to properly protect your eyes. Play It Safe gives children the chance to pull back a lever with a baseball attached to see and hear the difference a baseball helmet with eye protection offers young players. There are also actual eye safety glasses mounted on the kiosk, along with photos of children wearing the glasses to reinforce the eye safety message. A push button matching game will challenge the children to match the appropriate safety wear with various day to day activities. A video will highlight some personal stories from children and adults about their own experiences with an eye accident, and how this has affected their lives.
2. Eye Disease. Children will learn about some common eye diseases, and how individuals with these diseases see the world. They will be able to experience what it is like having impaired vision caused by an eye disease by working through a maze with limited vision.
3. Eye Health. This kiosk stresses the importance of a continuum of eye care through life, from infancy to old age. Information is provided on the recommended frequency of eye examinations throughout life and how our vision affects our emotional wellness. A push button activity will educate children about how their health habits will affect their vision (i.e. eating healthy, protecting themselves from harmful UV rays, not smoking, diabetes management, etc.). A video will highlight some personal stories from children and adults about their own experiences and struggles with their visual health, and how it has affected their lives.
4. Eye Anatomy and the Process of Vision. Information will be presented that explains the function of the eye, the process of sight (from the eye to the brain) and will demonstrate how our vision changes as we age. Interactive activities include an animated computer program that allows the child to answer questions about the eye, a magnetic puzzle of the eye and a large spinning wheel that illustrates how a person sees at different ages.
5. Why Some People Wear Glasses, Latest Developments in Vision Research and Optical Illusions. This kiosk will highlight some of the latest vision research being conducted and how the results can help us keep our eyes healthy; an interactive eye model that has interchangeable lenses that simulate different eye problems, demonstrates how different focus points can affect our vision; and some optical illusion examples that reinforce that we really see with our brain, not our eyes.
The Wise About Eyes exhibit has been developed to educate children ages 5 to 12 and their adult caretakers about their eyes and the importance of preserving vision. Each exhibit kiosk is highlighted by bright colors, engaging graphics, and exciting hands-on activities/videos that reinforce the target message. The exhibit kiosks can be kept in a triangular or straight line configuration to maximize your available exhibit space.
For additional information please contact Wendy Klein at 614.464.2020 ext. 103 or at wendyk@pbohio.org.
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