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

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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 give a reason why you think that.

For example (I’ll use my cats): I think that my cats’ cerebellum and brainstem are smaller (less developed) than mine (relative in size to the rest of the brain) because sometimes they are really clumsy and fall off of things and that part of the brain controls movement.

So think about how teenagers and adults act differently and make a possible connection to differences in brain development!

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?

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.

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.)

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 does it make you feel when you read about the disparities (differences) between groups when it comes to the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths? Dig down a little bit and write at least three sentences.