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Teenage pregnancy trends in Canada
Young scholars analyze demographic data relating to teen pregnancy trends. They develop skills to locate and interpret data. They discuss the factors that influence teenage pregancy such as social, economic, and educational issues.
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"...
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Coalition for Juvenile Justice: Implications of Adolescent Brain Dev't [Pdf]
The first in a two-part presentation of research findings with potential to inform and improve juvenile justice and delinquency prevention policy and practice.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Adolescence Terminology Review
Learn the terms associated with adolescence with this ten-question review game.
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Cleveland Clinic: Adolescence
Learn how to navigate the adolescent years, including how to foster healthy conversations with your adolescent about peer pressure, body self-image, rape, and alcohol/drug abuse.
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Stage of Life: How Teens Feel About Real World Issues
Hundreds of students share a personal story in which they faced an obstacle, challenge, issue or problem during the school year and share how they dealt with it when they answered a writing contest prompt.