LS Sleep & Wellbeing Personal Project by Lukas Schulz

Health, wellbeing, and student life

Sleep shapes how students focus, feel, and function.

This website turns my research, tracking process, and reflection into a clear guide that explains why sleep matters and how students can improve it in realistic ways.

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    Teen sleep benchmark 8 to 10 hours

    What I investigated

    I tracked bedtime, wake time, caffeine use, and focus so I could compare daily habits with research on mood, concentration, and wellbeing.

    6h 8h 10h 12h

    Why sleep matters

    One habit, three major effects.

    My project focused on the everyday outcomes that students notice most: focus in school, emotional balance, and overall wellbeing.

    Project foundation

    From personal experience to a useful final product.

    I chose sleep because it affects energy, concentration, and mood, yet students often treat it like something they can ignore. This project connects to the global context of identities and relationships through health and wellbeing.

    Research and evidence

    What the science says about student sleep.

    My tracker mattered most when I compared it with outside research. These themes shaped the advice on the website and gave the project a stronger scientific base.

    Tracker design

    How I collected evidence from everyday habits.

    I used a Google Sheets sleep tracker to record my routine and compare it to what the research suggested. This section now uses the 4-week tracker data to show the actual sleep trend, weekly averages, and patterns linked to screen time and caffeine.

    Collection progress 4 weeks collected

    Dataset growth plan

    The current tracker covers 4 weeks. In reflection, I identified three months, or about 12 weeks, as a better target for clearer long-term patterns.

    Week 4 Goal: Week 12
    Sleep impact tool See how different sleep habits could affect a day

    Test a sleep amount and compare the likely impact.

    Based on the patterns in my 4-week tracker, this interactive feature estimates how sleep can affect mood, concentration, energy, and daily performance.

    4-week sleep chart Daily sleep hours with the 8 to 10 hour target range

    How the tracker changed across the month.

    The chart below uses the actual sleep-hour values from the tracker. The shaded band shows the recommended target range for teenagers.

    Variables tracked

    What I recorded each day

    Tracker findings

    What the 4-week data already suggests

    The tracker already shows a clear upward trend in sleep quantity, and it also hints at how screen time and caffeine may affect the total hours I got.

      Weekly pattern Sleep and focus improved together

      Week-by-week changes from the tracker.

      These weekly snapshots make the growth easier to see than individual days alone.

      Process and ATL skills

      Planning, tracking, analyzing, then communicating.

      The project depended on both evidence and organization. Research and critical thinking shaped the learning goal, while self-management and communication helped turn that learning into a website for students.

      Practical advice

      Simple sleep habits students can actually use.

      These suggestions come from the research, my tracker focus, and the reflection that followed. Use the filters to view different kinds of strategies.

      Reflection and evaluation

      What changed, what worked, and what I would improve next.

      The project made sleep feel less passive and more like a foundation for how I learn and function. It also helped me recognize which parts of the process were strongest and what I would refine in a future version.

      Works cited

      Key sources behind the project.

      These references helped me explain sleep scientifically while keeping the final website understandable for students and teenagers.