The screen-zombie epidemic
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The Screen Zombie Epidemic invites children to join Noah, Mia, and Liam on a mission to fight a strange modern epidemic: too much screen time. As Noah notices his friends becoming tired, inactive, and disconnected, he decides to take action. Together, they explore how daily habits affect their energy, health, and wellbeing. Through engaging challenges, pupils investigate time management, healthy eating, and physical activity, while using mathematics to analyse schedules, compare nutritional data, and measure movement. This box encourages children to reflect on their own habits and discover how balance, critical thinking, and teamwork can help them make healthier choices in a digital world.
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Learning objectives
- Help pupils connect mathematical concepts such as time, proportions, measurement, and data analysis to real-life health and wellbeing challenges.
- Develop understanding of how screen time, sleep, nutrition, and physical activity influence energy, concentration, and overall wellbeing.
- Show how observation, measurement, and comparison of daily habits can support healthier routines and informed decision-making.
- Encourage pupils to analyse nutritional information and explore how balanced food choices contribute to physical and mental health.
- Raise awareness of the benefits of movement and regular exercise through activities involving distance, duration, speed, and heart rate.
- Foster collaboration, critical thinking, and evidence-based decision-making through group discussion and problem-solving activities.
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