Download - Lesson 4: TV-Free 3!. Screens Include: Think about your screen time… Why do you use screens?
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): 423-426.
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-TurnoffWeek 2009!
Center for SCREEN-TIME Awareness/TURNOFF WEEK 2009
TV-Turnoff Month?? WOW!!
• 140 - 4th, 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 hadso 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 …
Day Day 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, emailing, using sites like
Cruising the internet for fun
Total Screen Time
Day 1 Friday 04/09/2010 2 hours 2 hours 1½ hours 1 hour 6.5 hours
Day 2 Saturday 04/10/2010 3 hours 2 hours 2 hours 0 hours 7 hours
Day 3 Monday 04/12/2010 2 hours ½ hour 0 hours 1½ hours 4 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 3Write how much time you spend with …
Day Day 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, emailing, using
sites like Facebook
Cruising the internet for
fun
Total Screen Time
Day 1 Friday 04/09/2010 2 hours 2 hours 1½ hours 1 hour 6.5 hours
Day 2 Saturday 04/10/2010 3 hours 2 hours 2 hours 0 hours 7 hours
Day 3 Monday 04/12/2010 2 hours ½ hour 0 hours 1½ hours 4 hours
Three-Day Total:6.5 + 7 + 4 = 17.5
17.5 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!