You might want to speak to your teacher about preparing a report or a presentation about vision, vision loss, and helpful ways to deal with vision problems. The following questions might be useful as you plan what you want to do.

• What are the parts of the eye and how does it work?
• What happens to the eye as we get older?
• What eye problems can cause people to lose vision as they get older?
• How can people do the things they need and want to do when they can't see?
• How am I helping my grandparent who has vision loss?

You can go back to the links on this website and download material to help you to answer each of the questions above. If your school has the equipment to project images directly from the Internet, you might also show your classmates some of the interactive diagrams of the eye and of simulations of several eye diseases.

If you pick out several practical things that you can do to help your own grandparent, perhaps the other students you tell about vision loss and aging might select things that they could do for their own grandparents.

If your grandchildren or siblings would like additional information to share with their teacher, they might enjoy reviewing VISION — A School Program you can download. This program covers a 16-page teaching guide produced by the National Eye Institute. VISION'S lesson-plans and handouts will help teachers lead students in lively, interactive sessions on how the eye works, eye problems, and eye safety. The Program is intended for use in the classroom by teachers and/or guest speakers.