Are You a Morning or an Evening Person?

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High School — GeneralHigh School — AP/IBCollege
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Being a morning or an evening person is partly dependent on a one’s biological clock. The biological clock is an internal timekeeping mechanism that regulates circadian rhythms, biological processes that operate on 24-hour cycles. This Click & Learn can serve as a quick engagement tool for discussing circadian rhythms.

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One 50-minute class period.
Key Terms

biological clock, circadian rhythm, sleep

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The resource is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. No rights are granted to use HHMI’s or BioInteractive’s names or logos independent from this Resource or in any derivative works.

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Date Published
Curriculum Connections
NGSS (2013)

HS-LS1.A

AP Biology (2015)

2.C.2, 2.E.2

IB Biology (2016)

6.6

VIsion and Change (2009)

CC2

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