Stages of Sleep
Describe stage 1 of sleep.
Your eyes close and you start to sleep.
Describe how you feel if you don't have enough sleep.
Hard time thinking, cranky, pick fights, low energy.
Looking at phones before bed does not help us go to:
sleep
Basic hygiene includes:
-bathing, hair, face, nails, teeth, washing hands
When you shower in public places, why should you use shower shoes/flip flops when walking around?
If you don't wear shoes, you could get a fungus from the floor called athlete's foot.
Describe stage 2 of sleep.
Light sleep but still hear sounds and feel touch.
Sleep is a way to rest your body. Explain what happens to your body when you fall asleep.
Your heart rate beats slower, your body gets cooler, your breathing slows and becomes deeper. You don't notice sound or touch as you enter the deeper stages of sleep.
Cellphones/tablets/computers emit this colour of light.
Blue light.
Fights off diseases like colds, flu, and infections.
-removing dirt and killing germs. The water removes dirt but the soap and scrubbing will kill the germs.
Describe stage 3 of sleep.
Deeper sleep and not responding to sound or touch.
Everyone dreams, but not all people remember their dreams. when are you more likely to remember your dreams? (Hint: What stage of sleep?)
When you wake up during your dream stage (REM).
Over time, bad sleep can lead to bad:
health.
How does puberty affect our body?
-get taller, gain weight, hair growing in lots of places
What could happen if you wash your hair too much?
Describe stage 4 of sleep.
Real deep sleep, when you wake you are confused.
If we have nightmares, these ideas/items may help us sleep.
The following things may help if we have nightmares:
-sleep with a stuffed animal, use night-light, leave door open, don't read scary books or watch scary movies before bed, take long slow breaths.
Scrolling on your phone, overstimulates this organ in your body:
brain
When you have increased hormones during puberty, it causes the following changes:
Oily skin and hair, more sweat, increased body odour
What do you need if you decide to shave body hair?
Razor and shaving. This helps to remove the body hair and will prevent cuts.
What does REM stand for and what happens at this stage of sleep?
Rapid Eye Movement and this is the dream stage of sleep.
If you have sleep problems, this condition is called:
Insomnia.
Not getting enough sleep at night can be linked to these too things:
High stress and depression.
Many diseases are caused by microscopic germs like:(give examples, there are 4)
-viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi
Why don't we want to share hair brushes?
If we share hair brushes, it could transfer lice from the brush to our heads.