Sleep and Productivity: Analyze a Week of Sleep

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Sleep and Productivity: Analyze a Week of
Sleep
Health and Physical Education · Health · Grades 9-11 · 45 minutes
Time needed
45 minutes (one class period)
Prep
Copy the 2-page worksheet (one per student). Calculators are optional.
Technology
Optional: calculators.
Student
independence
High. Individual work, with an optional partner check.
Copies to make
One 2-page worksheet per student
Materials
Pencils, Worksheet, Calculators (optional)
Goal for today: Students will calculate total and average sleep from sample data, identify habits that help or hurt
sleep and write one realistic change they could make.
Before the bell
☐ Copy the worksheet, one per student (2 pages).
☐ Put out calculators if available.
☐ Keep the answer key on your desk. Students will not share their own sleep data; the sample log is made up.
Say this to start
Today’s lesson is about sleep. You will look at a made-up sleep log for a student named Alex and work out some totals.
Then you will think about habits that help or hurt sleep and plan one small change you could try. You do not have to
share anything personal. Please keep your plan private unless you choose to talk about it.
Run of show
Minutes
What you do
What students do
0–5
Take attendance. Hand out the worksheet and read the
directions aloud.
Look over the worksheet.
5–12
Read the short passage aloud, or have a student read it.
Follow along and underline the
recommended hours.
12–24
Tell students to complete the Part A data table questions
(1–4). Walk the room.
Add, divide and compare, showing work.
24–32
Tell students to answer true-or-false questions 5–9 and
complete the habit table.
Answer the questions on their own.
32–41
Tell students to write their personal plan (10–11). Remind
them it is private.
Write a realistic change and a reason.
41–45
Read the answers from the key. Students check their work.
Collect worksheets.
Fix mistakes and hand in the worksheet.

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If things go wrong
• If students say they never sleep enough, acknowledge it and point out the lesson is about small, realistic
changes.
• If a student asks about a medical sleep problem, say you are not able to give medical advice and suggest
they talk to a parent or school nurse.
• If a student finishes early, use the early finisher list.
• If a student shares something that worries you, follow your school’s reporting procedure and tell the office
right away.
Early finishers
• Design a poster slogan about the value of sleep and sketch it on the back of the worksheet.
• Write a three-step evening routine that would fit into a school night.
Support and challenge
• Support: Let students use a calculator and complete questions 1–3 and 5–9 first.
• Challenge: Ask students to calculate the average for the five school nights (Monday to Friday) and compare it
with the weekend average.
Notes for the teacher (you fill this in)
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How far the class got / what to pick up next:
Students who were especially helpful:
Anything the teacher should know: