According to the Centers for Disease Control, daily physical education classes are vanishing across the country. 42nd Street's principal, Laverne Van Zant, says society's current push for high test scores has de-emphasized fitness. And with all the other state mandates and trying to raise test scores, PE doesn't fall at the top of the list. But I truly believe having a good body will generate a fit academic mind. Exercise at home has dropped too.
Many children spends hours watching television.
Dr. Tom Robinson says the amount of television children are watching has become an unhealthy condition. Robinson is a pediatrician and Stanford University researcher. So Robinson developed a curriculum to get children away from their TV sets. This school in Daley City, California, was one of his model projects. Today we're going to talk about productive activities that we can do instead of watching television.