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Posture Exercises
Posture Exercises
We are learning about how to balance media and non-media choices. These are some quick exercises which you can do every day to help you feel your best after being on a screen.
- Stars series warm up
- Flying friends posture pod
- Core balance and wrap-up
Aroha's Way
Aroha's Way
What were some of the feelings Aroha had? (free, troubled, frozen with fear, belly trembling with butterfly wings, small, like she’s no good etc) . Some were useful and some weren’t...everyone has different feelings. What were the tricky feelings? What did Aroha do about them?
How did you feel in your Bubble? What do you do when you are happy / content / focused - draw or describe
What are some of the tricky feelings you have? What do or can you do about these? Draw / describe
(self-talk; time in nature; music; talking with friends / family)
How important is sleep?
How important is sleep?
By the end of this unit you will be able to explain:
- how much sleep is necessary to have a healthy body.
- the difference between REM and NREM sleep and what they have to do with the sleep cycle.
- the pros of sleeping well and the cons of not sleeping well .
The text below is from the National Sleep Foundation.
- With a partner, use the text below to design an infographic telling people about why they need sleep. Give 5-10 facts from the article.
- Remember to write the text in your own words. Use a dictionary and thesaurus to help you understand any unknown words.
- The videos below the text may be useful to help you understand the text.
"We tend to think of sleep as a time when the mind and body shut down. But this is not the case; sleep is an active period in which a lot of important processing, restoration, and strengthening occurs. Exactly how this happens and why our bodies are programmed for such a long period of slumber is still somewhat of a mystery. But scientists do understand some of sleep's critical functions, and the reasons we need it for optimal health and wellbeing.
One of the vital roles of sleep is to help us solidify and consolidate memories. As we go about our day, our brains take in an incredible amount of information. Rather than being directly logged and recorded, however, these facts and experiences first need to be processed and stored; and many of these steps happen while we sleep. Overnight, bits and pieces of information are transferred from more tentative, short-term memory to stronger, long-term memory—a process called "consolidation." Researchers have also shown that after people sleep, they tend to retain information and perform better on memory tasks. Our bodies all require long periods of sleep in order to restore and rejuvenate, to grow muscle, repair tissue, and synthesize hormones.
How Much Sleep Do We Really Need?
Healthy sleep is critical for everyone, since we all need to retain information and learn skills to thrive in life. But this is likely part of the reason children—who acquire language, social, and motor skills at a breathtaking pace throughout their development—need more sleep than adults. While adults need 7-9 hours of sleep per night, one-year-olds need roughly 11 to 14 hours, school age children between 9 and 11, and teenagers between 8 and 10.During these critical periods of growth and learning, younger people need a heavy dose of slumber for optimal development and alertness.
Unfortunately, a person can't just accumulate sleep deprivation and then log many hours of sleep to make up for it (although paying back "sleep debt" is always a good idea if you're sleep deprived). The best sleep habits are consistent, healthy routines that allow all of us, regardless of our age, to meet our sleep needs every night, and keep on top of life's challenges every day."
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