AES: Thinking Critically

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Chapter 5 - Scientific Research (Sleep and Dreams)

Vocabulary Practice (Quia)

Article 1: Learning in Your Sleep, p. 55

Article 2: Workaholics Kiss Goodnight to Sleep, p. 56

Article 3: Taking Control, p.58

Resources on Dreams

Rat Sleep (academic) - Listen to the audio file and take notes.  Look at the transcript and check your note taking. 

Look at the links at the bottom of the Web page for additional resources on sleep.  These include:

• The Science NetLinks lesson Adolescent Sleep focuses on the problem of sleep deprivation among adolescents and how school start times may exacerbate the problem.
• The PBS Documentary From Zzzzz’s to A’s explores the relationship between sleep and learning in adolescents.
• SleepNet.com is a non-commercial site devoted to education about sleep and sleep disorders.
• The National Sleep Foundation has a website containing information, links, a "Caffeine Calculator," and a "Sleep IQ" test.

Dream Moods (non academic) - Choose a type of dream to report on.  Choose a famous interpreter of dreams to report on.

Dream Video from the Newhart Show - Watch the video and be able to retell what happened.  What is the main point of the video? 

Chapter 5 - Group Project

• Student PowerPoint as result of the group project.

Chapter 14 - Intellectual Property

Vocabulary Practice (Quia)

Article 1: How I Caused That Story

Article 2: Editorial: Love Songs to America

Article 3: Other People's Words

Final Student Projects (Oral Reports with PowerPoint Support)

• World Hunger (Chi Eun)
• Modern Technology (PDA's and iPhone (Mubarak)
• World Cultural Heritage Sites (Anping)
• Gender Equality and Microloans (Rieko)

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