Exercise in Schools
- 1. Spark: by John J. Ratey MD
- 2. The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain Help Beat Stress Sharpen Thinking Enhance Memory Supercharge Mental Circuts
- 3. What is it? Groundbreaking exploration of the connection between exercise and the brain’s performance Proving that exercise improves our ability to learn and in fact makes us SMARTER! Getting our heart rate up to 65% to 75% for 20 minutes increases brain power and attention.
- 4. What is it? Incorporate daily exercise into your school day. Evolving PE from the old to new. Activity stations with jump ropes, arobic steps, running outside, treadmills, eliptical, use your imagination A way to increase test scores and kids attention in school
- 5. Why do we need this intervention? 65% of our nations adults are obese (Spark) 30% of U.S. schoolchildren are overweight – six times more than 1980 and another 30% are on the cusp (Spark) 97% of the Freshman in 01 and 02 10% have type 2 Diabetes (Spark) were at a healthy weight according to their BMI in Naperville, IL. Students in grades 3-12 spend an average over six hours plugged in to some type of media each day. (www.edutopia.org 2009) Take a look at P.E. classes now there is a lot of inactivity Less than 3% of adults over the age of 24 stay in shape through playing team sports. (Phil Lawler)
- 6. Why do we need this intervention? 10,000 hours playing video games 200,000 emails and instant messages 20,000 hours of watching T.V. 500,000 commercials seen At the very most 5,000 hours book reading In there Lifetime….. NO
- 7. Why do we need this intervention? They will do this before leaving for College!
- 13. Naperville Central High School
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- 19. What if… 52 million children from K – 12 who attend public and private schools in the U.S. Just think if all of them had the benefit of Naperville-style physical education, our next generation of adults would be healthier, happier, and smarter.