PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Teenage Brain
Why do teenagers act the way they do? This video segment from FRONTLINE: "Inside the Teenage Brain" explores the work scientists are doing to explain some of the mysteries of teenage behavior.
PBS
Pbs Inside the Teenage Brain
"What's going on in there?" Science may help to explain the mysteries of the teen years. Take a look at what the experts have to say, review recent research, and check out an interactive illustration of the brain.
PBS
Pbs News Hour: New Studies of Adolescent Brains Challenge Assumptions
The traditional thought has been that the adolescent brain was similar to the adult brain. However, new studies show that the teen brain is fundamentally different than older brains. Learn the details behind the new findings .. how the...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: The Secret Life of the Brain
This PBS special explores the brain from birth to old age. Take a look at snapshots of brain development at birth, as a child, as a teenager, as an adult, and in old age.
Other
Partnership for a Drug Free America: Parents Guide to the Teen Brain
A complete guide to the development of the teenage brain. Find out about typical teenage behaviors, and the science behind their brain development that makes them act in certain ways.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: The Teenage Brain
Teens and adults have different brains. Find out what makes the teenage brain so unique.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Mysterious Workings of the Adolescent Brain
Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware than grown-ups? Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to that of adults, to show us how typically "teenage"...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Adolescent Brain
In this transcript from FRONTLINE: "Inside the Teenage Brain," neuroscientist Dr. Jay Giedd discusses new research on brain development in teenagers.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application: Teenage Brain
Ninth graders use their knowledge of the teenage brain to answer the culminating task question in an argumentative written response.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Answer Questions From Articles
Answer questions about the information in articles to deepen your understanding of the teenage brain. Review your response to the text-specific question to evaluate the information in your sources.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Teen Decision Making and Behavior
Students research an age restricted privilege/right such as driving, drinking, and voting. Students conduct research to answer questions including: Why was the age limit for your privilege determined? When was it determined? Students use...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Answer Questions About Ideas and Topics
Answer questions about ideas and topics shared across texts to extend your understanding of complex texts and build your knowledge of the effect of social media on the brain. This will help us evaluate claims across texts.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Answer Questions About Ideas and Topics
We will answer questions about ideas and topics shared across texts to extend our understanding of complex texts and build our knowledge of social media's effect on the teen brain . This will help us gain a deeper understanding of the...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain
Ninth graders read three informational texts to understand how social media affects the teen brain
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Teens' Decision Making and Behavior
Students read two informational texts to understand the immediate and lasting effects that concussions and high impact sports have on the teenage brain.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Impact on Behavior
Build your knowledge of the teen brain and its impact on behavior by demonstrating your level of agreement. This will help you prepare to read "The Teen Brain: Still Under Construction."
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain
Ninth graders read National Geographic's "Teenage Brains" by David Dobbs and various informational texts about the development of the teenage brain to understand the factors that ultimately dictate teens' decision-making and behavior.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Review Claims From the Teen Brain: Still Under Construction
We will answer questions about the information in the first section from "The Teen Brain: Still Under Construction" to deepen our understanding. Review claims from chart paper as a class.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Effect on Teen Behavior
Ninth graders read three informational texts to gain an understanding of how adolescent brain development influences teen behavior.
Other
Brain Connection: Decision Making Is Still a Work in Progress for Teenagers
Discusses research studies that have looked at the teenage brain and discovered that it is not fully developed until the early twenties, and this explains why teens take greater risks than adults do. (Published Mar. 20, 2013)