The Circadian Rhythm is a time cycle on which all human beings run, and function on, although some people function faster or slower than others. According to the picture below high alertness isn't until 10:00 am; school starts around 8:00 am.
Starting this early students are still in a sleeping state so it's almost like talking to a bunch of zombies. Tired in class students struggle to pay attention in class and stay on task. The average attention span is 8 seconds long, that's one second less than a goldfish! Thankfully for adults and teens, focus span is around 20 minutes.
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Attention span used to be 12 minutes long... ten years ago. In the current year 25% of teenagers in the world forget names or/and details of close fiends and even sometime family members, 7% forget their birthday from time to time. Yet with all this proof students are expected to remember information from a movie, slide show, or a speech they may have absolutely no interest in.
In classes of 45 to 80 minutes students begin to lose focus as well as interest in the class. a way to help make the lesson more interesting is to incorporate entertaining activities such as:a fact game, songs to remember words or even activities that just involve movement.