Project Title: Sleep Inventions
Mission:
How can we all get enough sleep?
Culminating / Take Action Project
Design an innovation to help people sleep.
What Kids Learn
Sleep is one of the most important activities that help our bodies stay healthy. Yet one in four kids have a hard time sleeping. In this projects kids are going to learn all about sleep, why it matters, how it impacts our bodies, who is helping and how we can help. They will also learn the science behind sleep including our circadian rhythm, day and night, earth’s rotation around the sun and how that impacts the amount of sunlight we get. Kids will take action by using the engineering design process to create a sleep innovation that helps people sleep better.
Overview
Life Habit Focus: Impact Awareness
Subject: Earth Science, Reading, Writing, Art.
Grade: K-2
Topic: Patterns of the sun, moon and star, effects of sunlight on the earth, day and night, sleep.
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Project Materials
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Teacher
Materials
Teacher's Guide
Materials List
Student Mission Log
Intro + Life Habits
Impact Awareness
Life Habit Activity
Intro & Life Habit Activities
Take Action Project
Hands-On Activities
Take Action
Project Booklet
Aligned Standards
Common Core Reading (CCSS):
- Informational/NonFiction Standards R.I 1-10 for grades K-2.
- Writing Standards W1,2,4,5,6,7,9 for grades K-2.
- Listening and Speaking Standards SL1-SL6.
NGSS Standards:
K-2-ETS1-1: Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
K-PS3-1. Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface. Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s).
1-ESS1-1. Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
1-ESS1-2. Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.
Cross Cutting: Patterns, Cause and Effect, Patterns, Systems and Models.
SEP: Asking questions and defining problems, Models, Engaging in argument based upon evidence, Using mathematical computation
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