Childhood education
Theme: Individual differences and essential care |
Objective: Reflect about the organization of children’s sleep schedule due to the activities performed by the parents and the school.
Instruments and procedures: Diary of activities used by teachers and parents, which would work together in the record of sleep schedules and the main activities done by children. At school, the teacher would complement the proposal of didactic activities, making children recognize their body needs through music, dance, arts, and nap, presenting the differences regarding activity and rest. |
Elementary and Middle school
Theme: Rhythms of nature |
Objective: Understand that nature has different rhythms, which are influenced by external factors, such as the movement of the planet.
Instruments and procedures: Signs printed on bond paper, with information of cyclic events. Examples: Hibernation, body temperature, flourishing of plants, tides, menstrual cycles, etc. The signs should be grouped in three categories, according to the time spent at each event to complete itself. After the activity, the group related these events with the movements of rotation and translation of the Earth and the Moon and explained the influence of these phenomena on the life of living beings and the manifestation of different rhythms. |
High School: Biological Sciences
Theme: Biological diversity |
Objective: Relate the biological rhythms of different organisms with the adaptation and survival of living beings to, then, introduce the study of levels of organization of living beings.
Instruments and procedures: Envelopes with images of different living beings (bacteria, protozoa, fungi, animals, and vegetables) were distributed among the groups, who should make a research to check the possibility of relating these bodies with some rhythmic characteristics such as gestation time; reproduction, disease cycle, seasonality; sleep habits, diet, etc. After, a discussion about the differences observed between the organisms with the adaptation and survival of species. |
High School: Human Sciences
Theme: Individual and culture |
Objective: Discuss how sleep is understood in different cultures.
Instruments and procedures: The structure of the class was divided into two phases: 1st) Discussion on the way of sleeping. Questions to reflect “Do all cultures sleep in the same way? What are the different ways to sleep and objects used during sleep? What are the preconcepts about the times of sleeping and waking up?” 2nd) Observation of individual rhythms using a sleep diary. After recording, we proposed activities in which the group should discuss naps, dreams, difficulty to sleep and wake up. |
Youth and Adult education (YAE)
Theme: Human beings and Health
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Objective: Identify individual differences and during life regarding sleeping patterns and performance of activities.
Instruments and procedures: The structure of the class was divided into two phases: 1st) Assembling a timeline with information on times of sleeping and waking up, the main activities (for example: study, work, leisure, etc.) and the times of greater disposition in different life phases (childhood, teenage hood, adulthood). Activities in circle with the presentation of each timeline, followed by a discussion based on the observed differences. 2nd) Introduction to the basic knowledge of Chronobiology. The group ended with a discussion on the importance of knowing and caring for their own bodies, as well as organizing their daily activities. |
Why should Chronobiology be included in teachers’ training? 
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