How Much Do Animals Sleep?

Did you know that a horse only sleeps (on average) 3 hours a day?  These students are reading about different animals and then turning the sleeping hours into fractions.  If a horse sleeps 3 hours a day, that is 1/8 of the day!  These students also are working on adding and subtracting fractions using these same animal numbers.  

Check out the five animals that sleep the most, on average.

1. Brown Bat: 19.9 hours per day.
2. Giant Armadillo: 18.1 hours per day.
3. North American Opossum: 18 hours per day.
4. Python: 18 hours per day.
5. Owl Monkey: 17 hours per day.