Week of June 16th
Intro to Unit 8 - The Time of Your Life
DISCUSS: Are you a "morning person" or a "night person"?
Vocabulary
internal clock
tide
bunker
raving
productive
perpetual (daylight)
manic
surge of prolactin
internal clock
tide
bunker
raving
productive
perpetual (daylight)
manic
surge of prolactin
Questions:
1. Why did the "internal" or "chemical" clocks develop in living beings?
2. How long will a crab continue to move (scramble up and skitter down) along the side of the cage in time with the rising tides in its home sea?
3. Why does the crab do this?
4. What is this ability known as in humans?
5. When a human is locked in a bunker, do they follow the schedule of the sun outside?
6. Do northern (aboriginal) cultures act differently in summer and winter?
7. How many TIMES do people sleep if they follow their natural schedule?
TO DISCUSS:
The speaker implies that the "modern way" of doing things (without following the body clock) has advantages, but also costs. What do you think those advantages and costs are? Do you agree with the speaker?
1. Why did the "internal" or "chemical" clocks develop in living beings?
2. How long will a crab continue to move (scramble up and skitter down) along the side of the cage in time with the rising tides in its home sea?
3. Why does the crab do this?
4. What is this ability known as in humans?
5. When a human is locked in a bunker, do they follow the schedule of the sun outside?
6. Do northern (aboriginal) cultures act differently in summer and winter?
7. How many TIMES do people sleep if they follow their natural schedule?
TO DISCUSS:
The speaker implies that the "modern way" of doing things (without following the body clock) has advantages, but also costs. What do you think those advantages and costs are? Do you agree with the speaker?
The Mole People
Wikipedia Article about Mole People, click HERE