Fluorescent Tube Lighting – Improvement in the Classroom
Time-lapse cameras were used in a standard first-grade classroom, and several hyperactive children may be noted, especially the boy in the immediate foreground. Ninety days after the regular cool white fluorescent tube lighting were replaced with the new type full-spectrum fluorescent tube lighting with radiation shields, there was a marked improvement noted in the classroom in children, and the extremely hyperactive boy has voluntarily moved up to the front row. He raises his hand for recognition and is now up at the blackboard taking part in classroom activities.
Lighting Changed Behavior and Academic Achievement in Children
Prior to the time that this new lighting was installed, this particular boy had an extreme learning disability problem, but quickly learned to read in the classroom within 90 days after the new lighting was installed. There was further noted a general average improvement in both the behavior and academic achievement of the entire classroom children. There are, however, other factors that must also be considered. The implications of the biological effects of lighting and radiation as observed through time-lapse photography are obvious.
