Informative Speech: The Four Stages Of Dreaming
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about how we dream and why is it so amazing.
Central Idea: Dreaming is a very complicated thing to understand, this is why we have not found out the true meaning to why we dream; there are a bunch of theories that scientists have thought of to why we dream.
Organization: TOPICAL
Introduction
I. (Attention-getter) Sleeping is an important part of our life. We do it for about 1/3 of our life and one of the most amazing thing about sleeping is dreaming.
II. Dreaming is so amazing, we can basically do anything we want in our dreams, all the way from dreaming about winning the lottery and getting rich, to dreaming about falling off a cliff.
III. (Credibility Statement) I love learning about the brain and …show more content…
Body
I. According to a newspaper article in The Washington Post, good sleep is important to the brain. There are five different stages of sleep, the first four occurs for about 75% of your sleep and are all grouped into non-rapid eye movement. The last stage is called rapid eye movement and this occurs for about 25% of your sleep. A. The average sleep cycle last for about 110 minutes. The first four stages of sleep occur during the first 90 minutes of sleep, and they go in order from stage 1-4 while you are sleeping.
1. Stage 1 occurs for about ten minutes, during this time you are in light sleep, the time just before falling fully asleep.
2. Stage 2 occurs for about 20 minutes after stage 1, your heart rate starts to slow down and your body temperature starts to drop, your body is beginning to fall into a deep sleep.
3. Stages 3 and 4 are grouped together, this is where your muscle’s start to relax and your blood pressure starts to drop somewhat. Blood supply to your muscles increase. This increase of blood supply is to help your body heal if needed. This is when you are in your deepest …show more content…
According to an article in Optometry Today, the final stage of sleep is called REM sleep or Rapid Eye Movement sleep. This occurs for about 10-20 minutes or 25% of your sleep cycle. This is when the parts of your brain associated with vision and memories spike in activity.
1. REM sleep is the final stage of you sleep cycle, it occurs after stages 1-4. During this stage your heart and breathing rate gets quicker. Each time you get to this sleeping stage your sleep can progressively get longer, sometimes up to an hour longer. This is also the stage you dream in.
Transition: Now I would like to tell you about why dreaming is such an important part of sleep.
II. According to an article in Scholastic Choices, “Dreams are a way for our brains to process memories and information from the day and try to make sense of them…"
A. Everybody dreams every night, even if you don’t remember them. Studies have shown that every time you are in the REM stage, brain activity will show that you have had dreams.
1. Research has been found that dreaming can help us do a bunch of things, one of them is helping us recall
Central Idea: Dreaming is a very complicated thing to understand, this is why we have not found out the true meaning to why we dream; there are a bunch of theories that scientists have thought of to why we dream.
Organization: TOPICAL
Introduction
I. (Attention-getter) Sleeping is an important part of our life. We do it for about 1/3 of our life and one of the most amazing thing about sleeping is dreaming.
II. Dreaming is so amazing, we can basically do anything we want in our dreams, all the way from dreaming about winning the lottery and getting rich, to dreaming about falling off a cliff.
III. (Credibility Statement) I love learning about the brain and …show more content…
Body
I. According to a newspaper article in The Washington Post, good sleep is important to the brain. There are five different stages of sleep, the first four occurs for about 75% of your sleep and are all grouped into non-rapid eye movement. The last stage is called rapid eye movement and this occurs for about 25% of your sleep. A. The average sleep cycle last for about 110 minutes. The first four stages of sleep occur during the first 90 minutes of sleep, and they go in order from stage 1-4 while you are sleeping.
1. Stage 1 occurs for about ten minutes, during this time you are in light sleep, the time just before falling fully asleep.
2. Stage 2 occurs for about 20 minutes after stage 1, your heart rate starts to slow down and your body temperature starts to drop, your body is beginning to fall into a deep sleep.
3. Stages 3 and 4 are grouped together, this is where your muscle’s start to relax and your blood pressure starts to drop somewhat. Blood supply to your muscles increase. This increase of blood supply is to help your body heal if needed. This is when you are in your deepest …show more content…
According to an article in Optometry Today, the final stage of sleep is called REM sleep or Rapid Eye Movement sleep. This occurs for about 10-20 minutes or 25% of your sleep cycle. This is when the parts of your brain associated with vision and memories spike in activity.
1. REM sleep is the final stage of you sleep cycle, it occurs after stages 1-4. During this stage your heart and breathing rate gets quicker. Each time you get to this sleeping stage your sleep can progressively get longer, sometimes up to an hour longer. This is also the stage you dream in.
Transition: Now I would like to tell you about why dreaming is such an important part of sleep.
II. According to an article in Scholastic Choices, “Dreams are a way for our brains to process memories and information from the day and try to make sense of them…"
A. Everybody dreams every night, even if you don’t remember them. Studies have shown that every time you are in the REM stage, brain activity will show that you have had dreams.
1. Research has been found that dreaming can help us do a bunch of things, one of them is helping us recall