Biological - NIH Office of Science Education - National Institutes of ...

• Average total sleep time
• Average number of caffeine-containing drinks in morning,
afternoon, and evening
• Number of students who snore
• Number of students who report sleeping difficulties
Instruct students to calculate the class averages for each of
the items from Step 1.
Page 60
Step 2
Ask the class to think of a hypothesis about sleep that can
be answered using the class data.
Page 60
Step 3
Introduce the concept of homeostatic sleep regulation and
have students draw a graph depicting the need to sleep
versus the time of day.
Page 60
Step 4
Ask the class, What would your graph look like if it represented
an individual deprived of sleep day and night?
Page 61
Step 5
65
Student Lesson 1