Selected Articles About Sleep

Each of the six articles linked below relates to a particular study completed recently regarding various aspects of sleep.  Read through each of the articles, then choose three of them to analyze.
Your summary for each of the three articles should include:
- name of people/institution responsible for conducting the study
- thoroughly explain the method of the study
- describe the findings or results
- state your opinion on what you think of the article

* Be sure to write in your own words as much as possible.
* Include one related picture with each summary

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215074351.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080609071202.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100705190532.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609072813.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070308121912.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101025161023.htm

Due date: Thursday, November 4th by midnight (turn it in earlier and get a good night's sleep!)

Sleep & Psychology

We spend 1/3 of our lives asleep (some of us even more) - why is sleep so important to our survival?  What is the difference between deep sleep and REM sleep?  How does sleep affect your health? How does sleep affect your intelligence and development?  These are some of the questions we are going to examine in our unit on sleep and psychology.

Article from Time Magazine:   http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1009765-1,00.html

Video from 60 Minutes:    http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4181992n

PowerPoint from Class:    http://bdoughertyamschool.wikispaces.com/Grade+10+documents+-+2010-2011

The Limits of the Human Brain

When the human body/brain are pushed to extremes we find out that the brain is capable of things we never imagined.  Watch the videos to find out what your brain is able to achieve.

Video Response Questions (completed in class):    http://bdoughertyamschool.wikispaces.com/Grade+10+documents+-+2010-2011