Create a Sleep Hygiene Guide for Teenagers

Promote student wellbeing by developing practical strategies for improving teenage sleep habits.

Teaching Context:
For Year 8 to Year 10 Health when covering mental health, sleep, and lifestyle choices.

Basic AI Prompt:
Write a guide for better sleep.

Enhanced AI Prompt:
You are learning about the importance of sleep. Ask AI to explain why teenagers need 8-10 hours of sleep and list common sleep problems for your age group. Then, ask AI to create a sleep hygiene guide with five practical strategies (e.g. limiting screen time, consistent sleep routines). Finally, ask AI to suggest how poor sleep impacts school performance and mental health, giving examples of what students might experience.

Spice it Up (Optional Extension):
Ask AI to create a TikTok-style sleep awareness campaign for teenagers.

Lesson Implementation:
Start by discussing why teenagers often struggle with sleep. Brainstorm students’ own sleep habits. Students use AI to research teenage sleep needs and create a sleep hygiene guide formatted as a pamphlet, poster, or social media infographic.

Pair up students to role-play conversations between a tired teenager and a school counsellor, using their AI-generated knowledge to give advice.

End the lesson with a reflective writing task: “What change could you make this week to improve your sleep?”
This lesson builds health literacy, self-awareness, and practical lifestyle management.

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