1. How Staying Inside Affects You...
By: Benjamin Holmes
Orcutt Academy High School
Frosh Core
March 1st, 2013
http://www.oacore.weebly.com
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3. Positive and Negative Affects…
• Pros of Staying inside:
• Less chance of getting
hurt or sick.
• It also lessens your
chances of getting skin
cancer.
Cons of Staying inside:
Your face to face
conversations degrade.
You’re socially Inactive.
4. 58% of teens said
they feel that staying
inside effects there
social skills.
• “Our teens do struggle with
pulling themselves off of
the couch, just as much as
teens did twenty years ago.
But, in today's world, there
is much more to keep them
sitting. Twenty years ago
televisions were beginning
to run non-stop in many
homes. With the
advancements in the world
of cable television and the
internet, there is much
more to keep teens sitting
in one spot.” –Sara Broers
5. Staying Inside.
• Staying inside everyday can be dangerous and
destructive towards your social life and
general health, but it can also have positive
affects.
6. When you stay inside you tend to be less social,
your social skills slowly degrade and you lack
confidence in face to face conversations. You
also have difficulty in facing real life problems.
7. • Also, when you stay inside your immune
system is affected as well, you have a weaker
immune system because you are not exposed
to the outside world.
8. • When you go outside your overall fitness is
better than it is when staying inside, you’re
more active and your overall reaction times
improve. Your immune system also improves.
9. Data from self-generated survey, take it here:
<a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VCY6CB8">Click here to take survey</a>
• 29 people had
answered yes, they felt
more socially active
when they were
outside, and 13 people
had said no.
70%
30%
Do you feel more socially
active when you are
outside?
Yes No
10. Data from self-generated survey, take it here:
<a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VCY6CB8">Click here to take survey</a>
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5
10
15
20
25
30
Inside Outside
Would you rather stay
inside or outside?
Would you
rather stay
inside or
outside?
• 68.3% of people said
they would rather stay
outside than the other
31.7% saying they
would rather stay inside
11. How often do you go outside for an hour or more? Not including
school or school related activities
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16
1 Day A
Week
2 Days A
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4 Days A
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Week
12. • Whether you choose to stay inside or go
outside is your choice, both have a number of
positive and negative affects.
13. • As a teen you should try to experience as
much as you can such as sports or other
activities. You don’t need to constantly be
outside or inside, just live an active lifestyle
and do what makes you happy.
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15. Works Cited:
• Work Cited
• Michigan, Provided by University of. "Going outside -- even in the cold -- improves memory,
attention." December 2008. Phys.org.
• Stifferman, John. "Nature Deficit Disorder: The Top 10 Reasons To Go Outside." n.d. Physical Living.
<http://physicalliving.com/nature-deficit-disorder-the-top-10-reasons-to-go-outside/>.
• Unknown. "Answers." n.d. Answers.
<http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_happens_to_your_body_when_you_dont_go_outside_enough
_or_get_sun>.
