A full moon could give you a bad night's sleep

A full moon could give you a bad night's sleep  

A full moon could give you a bad night's sleep    

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkkUMnss7XI

If you have trouble sleeping at certain times of the month, it could be because of a full moon. Scientists from the University of Washington say there is a link between the lunar cycle and sleeping patterns. They say that on nights when there is a full moon, people could experience more restless sleep. The reason for this could be the Moon's changing brightness. When there is a full moon, the extra brightness in the night sky could interrupt our sleep. The scientists said: "Moonlight is so bright to the human eye that it is entirely reasonable to imagine that, in the absence of other sources of light, this source of nocturnal light could have had a role in [changing] human nocturnal activity and sleep."

The scientists conducted a study of the sleep patterns of over 500 people. Each person wore a special wristband that tracked their sleep. The study included 98 people from an isolated village in rural Argentina. These people did not have access to electricity and other artificial light sources. Their sleep patterns were compared to 464 people living in U.S. city of Seattle, which has lots of artificial light pollution. The scientists discovered that people in the rural village and in the big city got less sleep on the nights leading up to the full moon. The scientists said the artificial light in cities does not seem to affect sleeping patterns and that, "human sleep is synchronised with lunar phases."

 

1. SLEEP: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about sleep. Change partners often and share your findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?
       trouble / times / full moon / sleeping / patterns / experience / night sky / human eye /
       scientists / wristband / village / rural / artificial / big city / synchronised / lunar phases
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. LIGHT POLLUTION: Students A strongly believe governments should make laws to cut down on light pollution; Students B strongly believe that's unnecessary. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. SLEEP QUALITY: How can these things affect your sleep quality? What can we do about them? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

 

Sleep Quality

Solutions

Moonlight

 

 

Noisy neighbours

 

 

The cold

 

 

Stress

 

 

Bad Dreams

 

 

Caffeine

 

 

 

 
6. SLEEPING: Rank these . Put the best things to help you sleep at the top.

  • A dark room
  • Quiet
  • Hot milk
  • A soft pillow
  • Music
  • A good book
  • Music
  • Exercise

Vocabulary

    Paragraph 1

      1.

certain

a.

Unable to sleep or relax because of stress, boredom or other thing.

      2.

link

b.

Anything about the night.

      3.

pattern

c.

Kind of known but who, where or when but not exactly named.

      4.

restless

d.

Something that happens at the same the same or similar times.

      5.

interrupt

e.

A relationship between two things or situations.

      6.

entirely

f.

Stop the continuous progress of an activity or process.

      7.

nocturnal

g.

Completely.

    Paragraph 2

      8.

conducted

h.

Followed the course of someone or something, usually to find them or note their location or activity.

      9.

tracked

i.

Far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote.

      10.

isolated

j.

Caused to happen or work at the same time or speed.

      11.

rural

k.

Carried out; done.

      12.

artificial

l.

A period or stage in a series of events or a process of change or development.

      13.

synchronised

m.

Made or produced by human beings rather than naturally, especially as a copy of something natural.

      14.

phases

n.

In, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town.

 

Before reading / listening

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F).

  1. Scientists say there is no link between sleep and lunar cycles.     T / F
  2. Scientists say people may have restless sleep when there is a full moon.  T / F
  3. The extra brightness of the Moon could interrupt our sleep.     T / F
  4. Moonlight is a source of nocturnal light.     T / F
  5. Scientists looked at the sleep pattern of over 5,000 people.     T / F
  6. Some of the people in the study lived in a rural Argentinian village.     T / F
  7. People in a rural village got more sleep on nights before a full moon.     T / F
  8. Scientists say human sleep is synchronised with lunar phases.     T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

  1. trouble
  2. link
  3. restless
  4. extra
  5. role
  6. conducted
  7. tracked
  8. artificial
  9. discovered
  10. phases
  1. synthetic
  2. part
  3. carried out
  4. connection
  5. stages
  6. difficulty
  7. found
  8. additional
  9. troubled
  10. monitored

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

  1. If you have trouble sleeping at certain
  2. a link between the lunar cycle
  3. people could experience more
  4. the extra brightness
  5. other sources
  6. The scientists conducted a
  7. Each person wore a
  8. an isolated village in
  9. lots of artificial light
  10. less sleep on the nights leading
  1. up to the full moon
  2. in the night sky
  3. of light
  4. and sleeping patterns
  5. special wristband
  6. rural Argentina
  7. times of the month
  8. pollution
  9. restless sleep
  10. study

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

bright
nocturnal
certain
sources
restless
entirely
link
extra

If you have trouble sleeping at (1) _____________________ times of the month, it could be because of a full moon. Scientists from the University of Washington say there is a (2) _____________________ between the lunar cycle and sleeping patterns. They say that on nights when there is a full moon, people could experience more (3) _____________________ sleep. The reason for this could be the Moon's changing brightness. When there is a full moon, the (4) _____________________ brightness in the night sky could interrupt our sleep. The scientists said: "Moonlight is so (5) _____________________ to the human eye that it is (6) _____________________ reasonable to imagine that, in the absence of other (7) _____________________ of light, this source of nocturnal light could have had a role in [changing] human (8) _____________________ activity and sleep."

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

sources
tracked
rural
patterns
phases
artificial
leading
isolated

The scientists conducted a study of the sleep (9) _____________________ of over 500 people. Each person wore a special wristband that (10) _____________________ their sleep. The study included 98 people from an (11) _____________________ village in rural Argentina. These people did not have access to electricity and other artificial light (12) _____________________. Their sleep patterns were compared to 464 people living in U.S. city of Seattle, which has lots of (13) _____________________ light pollution. The scientists discovered that people in the (14) _____________________ village and in the big city got less sleep on the nights (15) _____________________ up to the full moon. The scientists said the artificial light in cities does not seem to affect sleeping patterns and that, "human sleep is synchronised with lunar (16) _____________________."

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1) If you have trouble sleeping at certain times _____
     a.  off the month
     b.  oft the month
     c.  of the month
     d.  over month
2)  there is a link between the lunar cycle ______
     a.  and sleep in patterns
     b.  and sleep ping patterns
     c.  and sleep pin patterns
     d.  and sleeping patterns
3)  The reason for this could be the Moon's ______
     a.  changing bright nest
     b.  changing brightness
     c.  changing brightly nest
     d.  changing bright next
4)  there is a full moon, the extra brightness in the night sky could ______
     a.  interrupt our sleep
     b.  interrupts our sleep
     c.  interrupting our sleep
     d.  interrupted our sleep
5)  this source of nocturnal light could have ______
     a.  had a roll
     b.  had a role
     c.  had oral
     d.  had aural

6)  Each person wore a special wristband that ______
     a.  tract their sleep
     b.  trucked their sleep
     c.  tricked their sleep
     d.  tracked their sleep
7)  The study included 98 people from an isolated village ______
     a.  in aural Argentina
     b.  in oral Argentina
     c.  inner Argentina
     d.  in rural Argentina
8)  compared to 464 people living in U.S. city of Seattle, which has lots ______
     a.  off artificial light
     b.  of an arty light
     c.  of an official light
     d.  offer terrific light
9)  and in the big city got less sleep on the nights ______ the full moon
     a.  lead in up to
     b.  lead din up to
     c.  lead ding up to
     d.  leading up to
10)  sleeping patterns and that, human sleep is synchronised ______
     a.  with lunar phases
     b.  with loner phases
     c.  with leaner phases
     d.  with loony phases

Comprehension questions

  1. What university are the scientists from who conducted the study?
  2. What did scientists say was linked to sleeping patterns?
  3. What kind of sleep did the scientists say people could experience?
  4. What additional thing does the Moon have when it is full?
  5. What adjective did scientists use to describe light at night?
  6. How many people took part in the study?
  7. Where did 98 people in the study live?
  8. Where did 464 people in the study live?
  9. What did scientists say does not see seem to affect sleeping patterns?
  10. What did scientists say is synchronised with lunar phases?

Multiple choice quiz

1) What university are the scientists from who conducted the study?
a) New York
b) Washington
c) Wyoming
d) California
2) What did scientists say was linked to sleeping patterns?
a) the wash cycle
b) the solar cycle
c) the recycle
d) the lunar cycle
3) What kind of sleep did the scientists say people could experience?
a) exciting
b) boring
c) restless
d) sound
4) What additional thing does the Moon have when it is full?
a) brightness
b) shadows
c) power
d) romance
5) What adjective did scientists use to describe light at night?
a) dark
b) nocturnal
c) scary
d) unhelpful

6) How many people took part in the study?
a) over 500
b) exactly 500
c) around 500
d) fewer than 500
7) Where did 98 people in the study live?
a) a metropolis
b) a small town
c) a rural village
d) the International Space Station
8) Where did 464 people in the study live?
a) Seattle
b) London
c) Delhi
d) Perth
9) What did scientists say does not see seem to affect sleeping patterns?
a) thick curtains
b) soft pillows
c) music
d) artificial light
10) What did scientists say is synchronised with lunar phases?
a) exercise
b) solar phases
c) human sleep
d) nightmares

Role play

Role  A – A Dark Room
You think a dark room is the best thing to help you sleep. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): a soft pillow, a good book or exercise.

Role  B – A Soft Pillow
You think a soft pillow is the best thing to help you sleep. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): a dark room, a good book or exercise.

Role  C – A Good Book
You think a good book is the best thing to help you sleep. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): a soft pillow, a dark room or exercise.

Role  D – Exercise
You think exercise is the best thing to help you sleep. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and why): a soft pillow, a good book or a dark room.





Discussion - Full Moon

  1. What did you think when you read the headline?
  2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'sleep'?
  3. What are your sleeping patterns like?
  4. What do you do if you have trouble sleeping?
  5. How interested are you in the Moon?
  6. What effect does the Moon have on us?
  7. How much do you like sleep?
  8. What conditions do you need to sleep well?
  9. What are you like if you have a bad night's sleep?
  10. Can you sleep any time and anywhere?
  1. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
  2. What do you think of when you hear the word 'moon'?
  3. What do you think about what you read?
  4. What are your sleep patterns like?
  5. Have you ever slept in a strange place?
  6. How do lights affect your sleep?
  7. What do you think of light pollution?
  8. What do you think of when you look at the Moon?
  9. Do you prefer a quarter, half or full moon?
  10. What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

Language — Cloze (Gap-fill)

If you have (1) ____ sleeping at certain times of the month, it could be because of a full moon. Scientists from the University of Washington say there is a (2) ____ between the lunar cycle and sleeping patterns. They say that (3) ____ nights when there is a full moon, people could experience more restless sleep. The reason for this could be the Moon's changing brightness. When there is a full moon, the extra (4) ____ in the night sky could interrupt our sleep. The scientists said: "Moonlight is so bright to the human eye that it is (5) ____ reasonable to imagine that, in the absence of other sources of light, this source of nocturnal light could have had a role (6) ____ [changing] human nocturnal activity and sleep."

The scientists conducted a study of the sleep patterns (7) ____ over 500 people. Each person wore a special wristband that tracked their sleep. The study (8) ____ 98 people from an isolated village in rural Argentina. These people did not have access to electricity and (9) ____ artificial light sources. Their sleep patterns were compared to 464 people living in U.S. city of Seattle, which has lots of artificial light pollution. The scientists discovered that people in the (10) ____ village and in the big city got less sleep on the nights leading (11) ____ to the full moon. The scientists said the artificial light in cities does not seem to affect sleeping patterns and that, "human sleep is synchronised with lunar (12) ____."

Which of these words go in the above text?

  1. (a)     wrong     (b)     bad     (c)     difficult     (d)     trouble    
  2. (a)     think     (b)     sink     (c)     rink     (d)     link    
  3. (a)     of     (b)     on     (c)     as     (d)     to    
  4. (a)     brightly     (b)     brightness     (c)     bright     (d)     brighten    
  5. (a)     whole     (b)     complete     (c)     entirely     (d)     total    
  6. (a)     in     (b)     on     (c)     at     (d)     as    
  7. (a)     at     (b)     of     (c)     on     (d)     in    
  8. (a)     included     (b)     including     (c)     inclusive     (d)     include    
  9. (a)     others     (b)     other     (c)     another     (d)     other than    
  10. (a)     lunar     (b)     aural     (c)     rural     (d)     oral    
  11. (a)     off     (b)     out     (c)     up     (d)     down    
  12. (a)     phrases     (b)     phaser     (c)     phasing     (d)     phases

Spelling

Paragraph 1

  1. trouble sleeping at tcnerai times
  2. the narul cycle
  3. prttrieun our sleep
  4. it is nlytieer reasonable to imagine
  5. other ecssruo of light
  6. human octanruln activity

Paragraph 2

  1. scientists ccentduod a study
  2. Each person wore a special wbranitds
  3. 98 people from an aetsidlo village
  4. lots of iraftliaci light pollution
  5. scientists idsecvdreo that
  6. lunar easshp

 

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