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Download and print the resources below to learn more about eye health and safety.

See All You Can See Activity Book [PDF - 13 MB]

This activity book offers word puzzles, image search games, eye safety tips, a glossary, and more to help you learn about parts of the eye, healthy vision, and eye safety.

See All You Can See Eye Fun Fact Calendar [PDF - [1.8 MB]

This calendar has fun facts about sports-related eye safety, animal eyes, common eye conditions, and myths about eye health.

Wild About Healthy Vision Agenda Book [PDF - 63 MB]

Inside this agenda book, you’ll find eye-related myth busters and facts, an eye chart, word puzzles, eye safety tips, a glossary, and activities to help you learn about parts of the eye and how they work, healthy vision and eye diseases, and eye safety.

Children’s Eye Safety – Gear Up! Poster [PDF - 365 KB]

This poster has sports trivia, fun facts about eyes, and eye safety tips.

Gear Up! Coloring Pages [PDF - 256 KB]

These are fun black-and-white graphics of other kids using protective eyewear in sports. Print them out and color them in.

Ask a Scientist: Perfect Vision and Glasses

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This video features Dr. Rachel Bishop explains the concept of "perfect vision," how glasses work, and how we can tell if we need glasses.

Last updated: June 10, 2022