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ZZZZzzzWorld: Exploring Sleep
Topic: Sleep Issues
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Throughout this multidisciplinary unit, students will apply science, math, health, and reading/ELA concepts. Students will explore the science of sleep and its importance in their overall daily functioning and in their long-term health. Students will investigate the origins of scientific terms, practice analyzing and interpreting graphs using sleep study graphs, discover how sleep is affected by the interactions between chemicals, hormones, light, and digestion! Show off your circadian rhythm while investigating sleep disorders. So pull up a pillow and join in on this sleep adventure!

 

Lesson 1: Now You’re a Somnologist: Introduction to Sleep

  • Activity 1A: Sawing Logs: A Sleep Journal and Inventory Activity Suggestion

Lesson 2: Myth-Adventures in Advertising

  • Activity 2A: “Myth-Adventures in Advertising” – Truth About Sleep Advertising

Lesson 3: Snoozin's Not Losin': It's Good for You!

  • Activity 3A: Sleepy Reactions
  • Activity 3B: You Somnolist!
  • Activity 3C: "Somnorifics": A Study of Sleep
  • Activity 3D: Somnosurfin'
  • Activity 3E: Polly Want a Somnogram?
  • Activity 3F: A Polysomnogram Mystery: Sleep Sleuths
  • Activity 3G: No Rest For the Weary: Some Common Sleep Disorders

Lesson 4: Pineal Power: Melatonin, Circadian Rhythms & Homeostatic Control

  • Activity 4A: Lights Out!
  • Activity 4B: What’s My Line? - Circadian Rhythms

Lesson 5: Light Pollution

  • Activity 5A: Turn Off the Lights! Taking Action on Light Pollution

Lesson 6: Sleep: Let's Talk! (Hosting a Socratic Conversation about Sleep)

  • Activity 6A: Sleep: Let's Talk! (Hosting a Socratic Conversation about Sleep)

Lesson 7: Folk Tales and Animal Tales about Sleep

  • Activity 7A: Sleepwalking Around the World: An Exploration of Sleep Folktales
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