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States of Consciousness

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Learners investigate sleep. In this psychology instructional activity, students discuss five environmental factors leading to stress related to sleep.
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Sleep

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine sleeping habits.  In this sleep lesson, students examine their sleeping patterns and create a log.  Students illustrate their dreams and create a plan to improve sleep patterns.
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Pieces of Mind: What's In A Dream?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners explore the five stages of sleep. They view video footage of sleep labs and discuss the findings. Students conduct experiments by keeping a sleep journal to track their sleep and dream activity. They find examples of ways...
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Living Clocks

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students complete experiments to learn about their internal body clocks and physiological activities. In this internal body science instructional activity, students read "Body Clock Investigations" and complete a body temperature...
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The Science of Sleep and Daily Rhythms

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe their own daily rhythms by going to bed earlier and seeing what happens to their day afterwards. In this sleep lesson plan, students experiment with their own sleep cycles and answer questions about what happened because...
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Human Body Series: Sleep

For Students 5th - 6th
In this sleep habits worksheet, students fill out a log for one week that details sleep habits and patterns including hours slept, naps, and the energy level felt each day.
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"Sleep"

For Students 4th - 5th
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about sleep cycles. Students answer 11 multiple choice questions about the text.
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Sleep 1.2a

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this sleep worksheet, learners complete a word search using 14 vocabulary words that deal with sleep for healthy kids inside and outside.
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We All Need Sleep

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine and discuss the importance of getting a good night's sleep everyday. They discuss why we need sleep and develop a class chart of reasons why children need sleep. They complete a sleep worksheet and discuss the answers...
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Teaching Awareness of Human Development

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students examine the process of human development and identify the reasons for a good nights sleep. Individually, they write a list of the situations in their lives which are stressful. As a class, they discuss myths about stress and...
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The Importance of Sleep

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students role-play a sleep counseling session with a class partner. They read several articles about the importance of sleep and form advice for someone who is having sleepless nights.
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Sleeping Habits

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the issues of sleep disorders and sleep deprivation in the UK population. They develop a list of words connected to sleep, participate in a class mingle/questionnaire about sleeping habits, take a sleep quiz, and draw...
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No Sleep

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Pupils explore vocabulary connected to sleep. They participate in a sleep questionnaire, ask and answer questions for the questionnaire, read an article, answer discussion questions, and identify sleep vocabulary from the article.
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Sleep and Energy

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss the importance of getting a good night's sleep. They make connections between sleep, energy, and having a good day at school. They make a sleepiness chart which shows how they feel each day for a week.
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Feeling Sleepy

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students read the article "Feeling Sleepy?" students compare the article to a sleep survey they do in their class, describe problems that can arise from not getting enough sleep and identify strategies for getting adequate sleep.
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The Perfect Sleep Nest

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read the "Animal Bedrooms" worksheet to themselves, or have your students take turns reading the sentences out loud. You can also read the worksheet out loud to your students. They discuss if they can think of other strange...
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Graphing a Healthy Lifestyle

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, over a week, record the amount of time they spend sleeping, attending school, watching T.V., exercising and doing homework. At the end of the week the students graph all of their information and discuss how sleep impacts...