Subject: Your Health Unit Lab #1
Title: Nap Lab “a qualitative Lab”
Date:
Name: Chawin Waimaleongora-ek
Purpose: A qualitative lab that students will collect qualitative data (describes in words) about
their health triangle status (Mental/emotional, social, physical health) before and after taking a
nap, to determine if their overall health triangle improves.
Introduction to lab:
Nap Article:
Reference APA:
❖ Introduction & Background & purpose of lab: Summarize in 2 paragraphs
❖ The first paragraph usually consist of the background information with/without in text
citations
❖ The second paragraph usually consists of the connection between the topic and lab
experiment
❖ Usually the last sentence will state the purpose of the lab or question ( In this experiment
I would like to find out…)
Hypothesis:
❖ Not every lab includes a hypothesis
Material list:
Write down your own materials used for this lab
Example 15 min nap lab materials:
Desk
Chair
jacket
Procedure/Method -
Requirements for your nap: Quiet comfortable space, no cell phone, no tablet, no music, Totally
unplug and rest your mind and body.
Data/table/graphs/photos - will not be applicable for this lab
Discussion/Analysis
❖ Answer the questions 10 minute nap, 15 minute nap, 30 minute nap, 60 minute nap, 90
minute nap
10 minute nap reflection Date: 15/01/19
1. What were your thoughts before your nap? I felt very sleepy.
2. What were you doing right before you took your nap? Cross my arms and make it look
like a pillow.
3. Describe your health triangle before your nap My health triangle was quite balance.
4. How do you feel after your nap? Describe your health triangle I still feel sleepy, but i feel
more fresh after 10 minutes. My health triangle in metal was not well because i feel
sleepy.
5. Do you you think your nap was beneficial? Explain Yes, because it can make our body
to feel fresh which help us to do things later on.
6. Was it hard for you to relax and take a nap? Explain
No, it is easy to relax because I felt sleepy.
15 minute nap reflection Date: 22/1/19
7. What were your thoughts before your nap? I felt sleepy and thought about how to sleep.
8. What were you doing right before you took your nap? I thought the next thing what I
should do after taking a nap.
9. Describe your health triangle before your nap My health triangle was well balanced.
However, i felt very sleepy.
10. How do you feel after your nap? Describe your health triangle I wanted to sleep more. I
felt my health triangle was still balance.
11. Do you you think your nap was beneficial? Explain Yes, it generates my energy to do
activities.
12. Was it hard for you to relax and take a nap? Explain
No, it wasn’t hard because I wanted to sleep more before.
20 minute nap reflection Date: 23/1/19
13. What were your thoughts before your nap? I thought about my homework.
14. What were you doing right before you took your nap? I exercised before I took a nap.
15. Describe your health triangle before your nap I felt tired from exercise, so my health
triangle for physical was unbalanced.
16. How do you feel after your nap? Describe your health triangle I felt very happy and fresh.
My health triangle was well balanced. My physical and emotional part is very active.
17. Do you you think your nap was beneficial? Explain Yes, because it makes me feel fresh
to encourage me to do homework.
18. Was it hard for you to relax and take a nap? Explain No, because I need to take a nap to
refresh my brain for doing homework.
30 minute nap reflection Date: 24/1/19
19. What were your thoughts before your nap? I thought that I will go to play basketball.
20. What were you doing right before you took your nap? I was doing my homework.
21. Describe your health triangle before your nap My emotional part was quite tired from
doing homework.
22. How do you feel after your nap? Describe your health triangle I feel sleepy and wanted
to sleep more. My health triangle in emotional part still feel tired.
23. Do you you think your nap was beneficial? Explain Yes, it helps me to feel comfortable.
24. Was it hard for you to relax and take a nap? Explain No, because I am tired from doing
my homework.
60 minute nap reflection Date : 26/1/19
25. What were your thoughts before your nap? I thought i will going to jogging.
26. What were you doing right before you took your nap? I came back to home from
studying.
27. Describe your health triangle before your nap My health triangle was well balanced
because i want to go to jogging.
28. How do you feel after your nap? Describe your health triangle I felt active to exercise. My
health triangle was very very good.
29. Do you you think your nap was beneficial? Explain Yes, because it makes me feel
happy.
30. Was it hard for you to relax and take a nap? Explain
No, because I wanted to save my energy for jogging.
90 minute nap reflection Date: 27/1/19
31. What were your thoughts before your nap? I thought about my exams for the next day.
32. What were you doing right before you took your nap? I reviewed for my exams.
33. Describe your health triangle before your nap My emotion and mental was not good
because i worried about the exams.
34. How do you feel after your nap? Describe your health triangle I feel sleepy and stressed
because of the upcoming exams. My health triangle was better, but i still feel stress.
35. Do you you think your nap was beneficial? Explain Yes, because it reduced some stress.
36. Was it hard for you to relax and take a nap? Explain
Yes, because I need to study for the exams.
Conclusion
1 to 3 sentences stating your final results
Taking a nap can benefit me a lot in many situations. It can help to generate energy and make
the body to feel fresh and active. However, if there are some stress or something that i worry, I
will not feel so fresh after taking a nap. As a result, I think that the situation or the thinking
before taking a nap can affect the nap results.
Additional reading:
Understanding Qualitative research and qualitative data:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualitative_research
https://www.uwc.ac.za/Students/Postgraduate/Documents/Qualitative%20data%20analysis.pdf
https://www.snapsurveys.com/blog/qualitative-vs-quantitative-research/
https://nursing.utah.edu/research/qualitative-research/what-is-qualitative-
research.php
