Read “How Much Sleep Does a Body Need?”
1. According to the article, how much sleep do teenagers need?
2. What does the article say about the adolescent circadian rhythm?
Read “Drowsy America”
3. What does Harvey Bass claim?
4. What does Dr. Charles Pollak state?
5. What statistic does David Dinges claim?
6. What is “perhaps the most insidious consequence of skimping on sleep”?
7. Why does Mary Carskadon say that “driving home on Friday is a greater risk than on Monday”?
8. How does alcohol effect a sleep deprived person?
9. What did Carskadon find about adolescents and sleep?
10. According to the author, who created the dilemma of sleep loss?
11. What is nocturnal myoclonus?
12. What is sleep apnea?
13. What is insomnia?
14. How can government and business help the sleep loss problem?
Read “Backgrounder: Later School Start Times”
15. What did Carskadon’s Multiple Sleep Latency Test show about adolescents?
16. What did the study show about melatonin and adolescents? Could this be changed?
17. What did the initial research show on the change from 9th to 10th grade?
18. What were the results when Minnesota changed the high school start times?
19. How did Kentucky’s change effect the safety on the road?
20. Given this data, why haven’t all schools changed their start times? Who is involved in the decision?
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