Lesson 4: TV-Free 3!
Screens Include:
Think about your screen time… Why do you use screens?
When do you use screens?
How much time should you spend each day with screens? Doctors recommend no more than 2 hours … but LESS is even better! Why??? American Academy of Pediatrics and Commitee on Public Education (2001). "Children, adolescents, and television." Pediatrics 107(2):
TV-Free 3 Challenge! 3 days without screens! –No TV –No Movies –No Video Games –No Computer Games (homework on the computer is ok)
TV-Turnoff Week 2009! Center for SCREEN-TIME Awareness/TURNOFF WEEK 2009
TV-Turnoff Month?? WOW!! th, 5th & 6th graders from Washington 80% of the students thought they would not last all 30 days… BUT, most of them (77%) lasted all month 97% of students said they had so much fun that would do it again! Brock, B.J. (2006). 30 Days Live: Nutritional and Physical Activity Change During TV/Screen Withdrawal. Eastern Washington University.
Screen-Free Things To Do Write Top 10 Screen-free Activities/Action Verbs on a piece of paper Pass out the Screen-Free Things To Do page. Have students circle activities they enjoy doing.
Screen Time Tracking Form Instructions Write how much time you spend with … DayDay of the Week Date Watching: movies, sports, utube, and TV shows Playing games: On-line, X Box, PlayStation, Wii, Nintendo, PS3, PSP, etc. Keeping in touch with friends: texting, ing, using sites like Facebook Cruising the internet for fun Total Screen Time Day 1 Friday04/09/20102 hours 1½ hours1 hour6.5 hours Day 2 Saturday04/10/20103 hours2 hours 0 hours7 hours Day 3 Monday04/12/20102 hours½ hour0 hours1½ hours4 hours Three-Day Total:17.5 hours Three-Day Average: Take the three-day total and divide by three to get your daily average 6 hours 1.Circle the days you were screen-free (total screen time = 0) 2.How many days were you screen-free? 0
Calculations: Day 3 Write how much time you spend with … DayDay of the Week Date Watching: movies, sports, utube, and TV shows Playing games: On-line, X Box, PlayStation, Wii, Nintendo, PS3, PSP, etc. Keeping in touch with friends: texting, ing, using sites like Facebook Cruising the internet for fun Total Screen Time Day 1 Friday04/09/20102 hours 1½ hours1 hour6.5 hours Day 2 Saturday04/10/20103 hours2 hours 0 hours7 hours Day 3 Monday04/12/20102 hours½ hour0 hours1½ hours4 hours Three-Day Total: = hours Three-Day Average: Take the three-day total and divide by three to get your daily average 17.5 ÷ 3 = 5.83 (round up to 6 hours) 6 hours 1.Circle the days you were screen-free (total screen time = 0) 2.How many days were you screen-free? 0
Plan TV-Free 3 Olympics!