SCHOOL REPLACES ALL OF ITS DESKS WITH EXERCISE BIKES :- A primary school in the US has replaced all of its desks with exercise bikes. Not only has this solved the health problem of sitting down all day, its actually having a significant effect on how its students are learning. Over the past five years, Ward Elementary in North Carolina has been replacing all of the desks in its classrooms with EXERCISE BIKES so its students can exercise while they learn. Not only are the weight-loss benefits of their new ‘Read and Ride’ program obvious, but they’ve found that the activity actually makes the students learn better. As the elementary school analysed testing data at the end of school year, they found that students who had spent the most time in the program achieved an 83 percent proficiency in reading, while those who spent the least time in the program had failing scores - only 41 percent proficiency,” Adele Peters reports at Fast Company.
Posted on: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 08:19:17 +0000