Student Texting in High School Students

This fact from the article is an eye opener! - "Sending or reading a text takes a driver’s eyes off the road for an average of 4.6 seconds. At 55 mph, that’s like driving the length of a f... See More

This fact from the article is an eye opener! - "Sending or reading a text takes a driver’s eyes off the road for an average of 4.6 seconds. At 55 mph, that’s like driving the length of a football field blindfolded." You can quote facts to students, but they don't really pay much attention to that. But this article has a great science experiment for students to do while texting and trying to follow a walking course. They must stay in the lines and pick up objects while texting. After collecting the data, they can see what effect texting has on attention to driving or walking.