A polymerizable resin material for making a plastic lens includes bisphenol A ethoxylate (1 to 4) dimethacrylate and benzylmethacrylate, and, optionally, one or more stabilizing monomers, preferably selected from trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, isobornyl methacrylate, ethoxylate nonyl phenol acrylate, ethyoxylate nonyl phenol, and/or 2-phenoxyethyl methacrylate esters. The polymerizable resin material is cured when exposed to heat or visible and/or UV light for a period of about two minutes or less.