Columbia University in the City of New York

BrainSTEM: Sleep as a Social Justice Issue

Level

High School

 

Essential Questions

How can the I2 Method be used to interpret graphs and figures?

Why is sleep important?

Is sleep a social justice issue?

 

Materials

Projector

Computer with internet access

Sleep Survey

Slidedeck

Jigsaw activity worksheet

Assessment worksheet (supplemental)

For teacher background: IMethod document

 

Source Material

The Stavros Niarchos Brain Insight Lecture, "Sleep Health in the USA: Why Sleep is a Social Justice Issue

By Carmela Alcántara, Ph.D.

 

Co-created by:

Anna Solovyeva

Erik Shold

Brittany Klimowicz


Edited by:
Diana Li, PhD

Maia Gumnit, PhD

 

With input from:

Jessica Abrams

Mashfiq Ahmed

Andrew Anderson

Michael Becker

Danielle DeBenedetto

Francesca Di Pietro

Dorit Eilon

Ramona Fittipaldi

Franchesca Frias

Verithia Hood

Vincent Joralemon

Nicole Kamar Aldin

Vanessa Keen

Jessica Kim

Bonnie Lestz

Angeli Maystry

Tchnavia Merrick

Preeti Natarajan

Deborah Reich

Tamanna Shahid

Theresa Stanley

Meng-Ping Tu

 

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