Sleep Influence Sorter¶
Specification¶
The full specification below is extracted from Chapter 6: Sleep, Fitness, and Emergency Response.
Type: microsim
**sim-id:** sleep-influence-sorter<br/>
**Library:** p5.js<br/>
**Status:** Specified
Bloom Taxonomy: Analyze (L4)
Bloom Taxonomy Verb: classify, distinguish, examine
Learning objective: Students classify a set of realistic sleep influences as biological, environmental, or social, and distinguish which are within personal control versus largely outside personal control.
Layout: A deck of 10 cards (e.g., "Phone notifications after 10pm," "Early school bus pickup," "Shared bedroom with a sibling," "Body's natural teenage sleep-wake shift," "Weekend sports tournament") with two independent sorting zones stacked vertically: a top row (Biological / Environmental / Social) and a bottom row (Within My Control / Outside My Control).
Interactive controls: Drag each card into one zone per row; immediate feedback confirms both classifications with a one-sentence explanation; "Reset Deck" button; running tally of cards sorted correctly.
Default parameters: Deck order randomized each session; feedback panel starts empty until a card is sorted.
Instructional Rationale: Classifying influences along two independent dimensions and separating controllable from uncontrollable factors requires examining relationships among examples, which is Analyze-level; a two-axis sorter is used instead of a single list so students see that a factor's category and its controllability are separate questions.
Implementation notes: p5.js. Card data stored as an array of objects with text, category, and controllability fields. Responsive canvas that reflows cards on window resize.