The Crazy Ways Creatures See The World - Exploring Creature Eyes

Nat Theo Nature Lessons Rooted in the Bible

Eryn Lynum

Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Education For Kids

4.8 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever seen a snake wearing glasses? Did you know dragonflies have around 60,000 eyes? We're exploring the fascinating ways creatures see the world and answering these questions:

How many eyes do insects have?
Do snakes wear glasses?
How do chameleons move their eyes in two different directions?
How can we protect our eyes to see everything good, beautiful, and true?

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Scriptures Used in This Episode:

“The eye is a light for the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are evil, your whole body will be full of darkness…” Matthew 6:22-23“

Keep me from looking at worthless things. Let me live by your word.” Psalm 119:37

“Keep your eyes focused on what is right, and look straight ahead to what is good.” Proverbs 4:25

Terms Learned in This Episode:

Complex: Opposite of simple. Consisting of many different and connected parts.

Compound: Something made up of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients.

Compound Eye: A larger eye made up of many tiny lenses, like tiny individual eyes.

Peripheral Vision: What we can see to the left, right, up, or down without moving our heads.

Facets or Ommatidia: The tiny lenses in a compound eye that act as light receptors and send information to the brain.

Eye Caps or Spectacles: Special clear scales over a snake’s eyes that protect and keep their eyes clean.

Sensory Receptor: Nerve ending that take in what is happening around us and helps send that information to our brains.

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0:00.0	Have you downloaded the free coloring sheet for this lesson?
0:04.0	Click the link in our show notes to print and color along as you listen.
0:08.1	And join the Nat Theo Club at the link in our show notes to receive a full lesson and activity guide and a bonus video of content every single week.
0:17.0	So you can dive deeper into every lesson.
0:20.0	Explore God's wild and wonderful world in the Nat Theo Club at Aaron Linum.com
0:25.2	slash club or at the link in our show notes.
0:31.8	Welcome to the Nat Theo podcast, where we explore nature, the Bible, and what both of them show us about
0:42.4	our creator, God, who made this wild and wonderful world. I'm your host, Aaron Linum. I'm a certified
0:52.7	master naturalist, Bible teacher, and author. And I am so
0:57.8	excited to explore God's word and his created world with you. What is one of the first things you do
1:08.2	when you wake up? Often the very first thing we do is open our eyes. And sometimes,
1:17.6	if you're like me, you may want to close your eyes and go back to sleep for a while. But from the
1:23.6	time we wake up and start our day until we go back to sleep at night, our eyes are hard at
1:31.5	work. Eyes are very complex. What does that mean? Well, complex means that they are the opposite of
1:39.7	simple. And we definitely see that in the created world. Today, we are exploring some creatures that God
1:47.6	made with very fascinating eyes. Here's our trail map. We are going to look at how many eyes do insects have.
1:57.5	And this is a fun question, do snakes wear glasses?
2:03.0	And how do chameleons move their eyes in two different directions?
2:08.6	And finally, how can we protect our eyes to see everything that is good, beautiful, and true?
2:16.9	Before we begin, I have a trivia question for you. What animal has the best
2:23.2	far-sighted vision or what animal can see the farthest? Take a guess and we will find out at the end of
2:31.9	today's episode.
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