Finding My Media Balance 5th Grade

Click on all non-media choices you can make.

• What to have for lunch.

• Which game to play on your iPad.

• Whether to ride your bike or go swimming.

• Which song to listen to on your phone.

Click on all media choices you can make.

• What to have for lunch.

• Which game to play on your iPad.

• Whether to ride your bike or go swimming.

• Which song to listen to on your phone.

Every day we make choices about_________. Pick all correct answers.

• what we eat.

• what we wear.

• what devices we use.

• whether we have to go to school or not.

The choices we make about what media we use effects how we feel.

• True

• False

Some media choices can leave us feeling __________. Pick all that apply.

• Stressed out

• Angry

• Loved

• Excited

Pick the definition for media balance.

• Being able to hold five pounds of potatoes in each hand.

• Using media in a way that feels healthy and in balance with other life activities (family, friends, school, hobbies, etc.)

• Using media in a way that doesn't feel healthy or in balance with other life activities (family, friends, school, hobbies, etc.)

Pick the questions you should be asking when you're trying to create a healthy media balance.

• What you choose?

• When you use it?

• If dogs are smarter than cats?

• How much you consume?

Sometimes the best media choice is _____________.

• Staying up all night playing online games on a school night

• No media at all