DreamsBy: Mackenzie Longhurst

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What are Dreams?

Why do we have

Dreams?

Where are our

dreams?

When are our

dreams?

How do we dream?

Types of dreams

Classmates dreams

What? Dreams are a successions of images, ideas, emotions and

sensations that occur in certain areas of your sleep.

Dreams have sounds, thoughts and voices. You are able to dream

about people, places, things etc. The people in your dreams could be

someone who you saw at the grocery store for a split second.

Dreams can also be your biggest fear and deepest darkest secrets!

Except there isn’t any real reasons why you you dream about these

things. Your own life can be put into imagery. For example if you are

going through a tough relationship then your dream could be about

large animals chasing after you are not able to escape. This is a brief

introduction of Dreams…

Why?

No one has ever figured out why we have dreams.

Scientists have made many different predictions about

dreams, some that are believable others that are hard to think

they are true. I know it seems strange that we haven’t figured it

out yet since we do spend most of our time dreaming, but

scientists haven’t really figured out why we sleep either.

Some researchers believe that dreams serve no real purpose

while others believe that its about emotion and physically well

being.

Why do I dream?

Where?

Dreams come from a certain area of your brain. That area is called the pre frontal cortex. That is the part of the brain that is in charge of personality behavior, cognitive behavior (which contains memory, decisions, learning languages, etc.) Also this part of the brain is in charge of personality expression and social behavior.

When?You may ask when do we dream? Well dreaming can occur sleeping

and being awake. I am going to tell you when your sleeping. Most

scientist say you dream during the stage REM (rapid eye movement.)

This is not completely true! You brain is active during nearly every

part of sleep. REM is when you lucid dream, so your dreams are

memorable and vivid. Usually REM takes up more sleep closer to the

morning.

TypesThere are different types of dreams. Some dreams that we have are

easy to achieve, others can be hard to get , for example Lucid

Dreaming which I will explain soon.

Daydream: Daydreaming is a level between consciousness and

wakefulness. This is when you mind and imagination takes you

elsewhere.

False Awakening: This is when you ‘wake up’ and get ready for school

and you eat your breakfast etc. Only to wake up ‘again’ and see it

was only a false awakening.

Lucid dreams: These dreams are when you are able to control your

own dreams and be able to do what you want in your dreams.

Recurring Dreams: These are dreams that happen over and over

again

Epic Dreams: These are the craziest dreams ever. These are the

dreams that you will remember for years that are so epic it feels as if

you had just dreamt them last night.

These are some types of dreams that you can experience.

Classmates dreams

Ashley-One of my scariest dreams was when I was being chased by skeletons and ghosts and I tried to wake my parents up but they wouldn’t.

Meghan-My weirdest dream was when I was chased by clowns in a black hole and then I went on a roller coaster and died.

Alison-I was sleeping in a tent in my living room, and a skeleton came and pushed me out the window

Maddie~My weirdest dream was when I was traveling with my family and we went to Europe and Europe split in half. My family was on one side and I was on the other side.

Rachel-When I was little one of my saddest dreams was when my family went on summer vacation and they left without me I was on the road screaming and crying but they never came back

Evan-I was running through some Mall and I had 30 armed Mexicans chasing me around for hours.I then stole a car.

Boris-My friends were at my house and then robbers came in and wanted to kill me only and my friends didn’t help me.

Bibliography• http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/huma

n-brain/dream2.

htm

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GGzc3x9WJU

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream

Self ReflectionThis project was a great learning experience for me! I learned

more about dreams in general along with certain dreams I

had never heard of before. One of my favourite dreams that I

learned about was a lucid dream.

I think I did a good job on my project because I included

many interesting slides that contained good information! I had

fun learning about Dreams and all around learnt more than I

expected to do.