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Handout
PBS

Pbs News Hour: New Studies of Adolescent Brains Challenge Assumptions

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Brain Cognitive Science: Cognitive Neuroscience

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level online neuroscience course focusing on human memories. Course highlights how memories are created and controlled, and how we are able to remember the past. Course features include readings and related resources on the topic.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Mysterious Workings of the Adolescent Brain

For Students 9th - 10th
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"...
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Article
Frontiers Media

Frontiers: Your Brain Is Like a Muscle: Use It and Make It Strong

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about how games and puzzles can exercise and strengthen the brain.
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Article
Frontiers Media

Frontiers: Building the Roads in the City of Your Brain

For Students 9th - 10th
"Are you ready to go into the spaceship? Remember to stay very still!" This is what you hear before the bed you are lying down on starts to slide into a long, tube shaped machine. You can almost imagine that it really is a spaceship, and...