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Climate Change Effects

Image: NASA What impact from climate change that you’ve read about do you think will have the most impact on you? Explain why you chose that one. Responses should be at least three sentences and include a capital letter at the beginning of the sentences. punctuation at the end of the sentences. correct spelling of […]


Moon Memories

Image: NASA What is a memory you have that involves the moon? It could be a time you were out at night and noticed a full moon, a story someone told you about the moon, reading the book Goodnight Moon when you were little… Write at least three complete sentences, including a capital letter at […]



Risk-Taking and Your Brain

Image: Carnegie Mellon Today Explain three things you learned from the TED Talk “How Risk-taking Changes a Teenager’s Brain”.


Adult Brain vs. Teen Brain

Image: Harvard Magazine Now that you’ve learned about the different regions of the brain and what they do, I want you to start thinking about how your brain and my brain might be different. I want you to name a lobe of the brain that you think might be different in teen brains and adult brains and […]


How to Make Stress your Friend

After watching Kelly McGonigal’s TED Talk respond to the following questions: What did she say that was different from what you have believed about stress? What did you take away from the talk that you can use in your own life?


Thoughts on Speaker

Post something that stood out for you from today’s talk with Kaija. It could be something you learned, a question that came to you after the talk, something you found really important, etc. If you don’t want to post it publically you can email it to Jennifer.


Teening Your Parent

What is one thing you wish your parents understood better about teens? What is one thing you learned in the Teening Your Parent resource? (At least one complete sentence for each question.)


Teen Brain Thoughts

What is one thing that you learned from the video on the teen brain that you learned that you think is important for other people to know, and why do you think they should know it?


How to Spend the Money?

Sometimes people say that the United States shouldn’t spend money on space exploration when we have so many problems in our country that the money could be used for. Based on what you’ve learned about solar storms do you think this would be a worthwhile issue to spend money on, knowing that if we spend […]