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Bike riding
is down 31% since 1995.
- National Sporting
Goods Assoc & American Sports Data
In the 1960s, 27 hours of children's
programming aired weekly, mostly on Saturday morning.
Today, there are more than 14 networks aimed at children...yet
the most popular show with children, American Idol,
isn't on any of them.
- Dennis Cauchon, whitedot.org
Children ages
8-10 spend an average of 6 hours a day watching television,
playing video
games, and using computers during the school year.
- Kaiser Family Foundation
A study
released in 2006 by the California Department of Education
found that districts with intensive outdoor classroom
experiences did 27% better on math and science tests
than districts whose students in traditional classrooms.
Link
Migrating birds may "see" Earth's magnetic
field
© Reuters 2007. Link
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