This resource list things that students can do during the day for their body and physical health.

Students learn how to stay healthy during the holiday season by staying relaxed, getting plenty of sleep, and eating healthy.

This is a supplemental article that discusses the importance of adequate sleep for good health. This article can be used in conjunction with the Sleep lesson plan.

This article discusses how much sleep is enough and tips for getting better sleep.

Students learn information on how therapists can help and why it is smart to get help.

This lesson plan includes discussion questions and activities that will encourage students to eat and sleep well to provide enough energy to grow and be active.

This resource provides questions to check student knowledge about the health benefits of getting enough sleep.

Students share opinions about facts related to sleep. They then create a health and wellness exhibit that addresses topics related to sleep, including interactive elements that exhibit visitors can experience. Learning is synthesized through the analysis of their own experiences and observations.

In this lesson students will research the amount of sleep the average night shift worker loses per year, investigate what happens to your body when you don't get enough sleep, describe safety risks this can cause, and describe current debates on the amount of sleep humans need.

Students will describe problems in all areas of health that can arise when teens get insufficient sleep, identify strategies for getting adequate rest during the teen years, and apply the reading skill of recognizing supporting details to an article on teens' need for adequate rest.

Sleep is an important a part of your health and energy?it ranks right up there with diet and exercise. Sleep gives you the energy to play video games and basketball, and to study. Even if you could study for 9 hours straight without getting tired, you?ll remember what you studied more if you sleep after studying. While you sleep, your body stores memories. And not sleeping enough can make you clumsy?that?s no good while you?re on the court. While you sleep, your brain releases the hormones that control your growth. If you don?t sleep enough, you may be tired, cranky, klutzy, and forgetful. While scientists are a little baffled about why all this recharging can happen only when we sleep, they all agree that we do need to sleep. This resource tests student knowledge of the importance of sleep.

This article explains why everyone needs sleep. Sleep gives your body a rest and allows it to prepare for the next day. It's like giving your body a mini-vacation. Sleep also gives your brain a chance to sort things out. Scientists aren't exactly sure what kinds of organizing your brain does while you sleep, but they think that sleep might be the time when the brain sorts and stores information, replaces chemicals, and solves problems.

This video resource was developed by Neuroscience students of Wake Forest University. This video is designed for elementary students about sleep.