Determination and Eyeballs

Having read the biography Helen Keller by Margaret Davidson, we have gained a greater appreciation for the sense of sight and for the determination (our word of the week) of someone with disabilities.

 One of the Navigator's moms is a doctor and came to our class to teach us more about our wonderful sense of sight. 

Ready for our dissection of a cow eyeball

 

A pupil learning about pupils (more new words)  

Some are a bit leery about the whole idea.

"Look, there's the hole!"

This student is warming up to the idea.

The Navigators are eager, hands-on learners, literally!

We discover the lens.

"It's hard!"

"I can't squish it."

"Do we have these in our eyes?"

"I don't want to touch it. Okay, I guess I will."

Dissection supplies

Thanks, Dr. Amani, for teaching us about the eyeball and for sharing your passion for helping people through the practice of medicine.

Two boys determined to read Braille

Thank you, Helen Keller, for exemplifying determination. 

We hope to follow your example. 

de·ter·mi·na·tion

dəˌtərməˈnāSH(ə)n/

noun

1. 1.

   firmness of purpose; resoluteness.

   
   

   "he advanced with an unflinching determination"

   
   

   synonyms:

   resolution, resolve, willpower, strength of character, single-mindedness, purposefulness, intentness;