the adolescent brain presentation module 3
TRANSCRIPT
Agenda for Today
This presentation is going to teach and remind you of the many ways the brain develops in kids through their adolescent lives.
Brain Development
Task Card Activity
Recap
The Differences in the Adolescent Brain
The Child’s Developing Brain Different areas of the brain mature at different rates,
which helps explain many of the intellectual and emotional changes seen in children, teens and young adults. While no two children develop in exactly the same way, scientists have been able to link certain developmental milestones to changes in brain tissue, observed by MRI scans taken repeatedly over years.
Red, yellow and orange patterns indicate undeveloped brain tissue, while green, blue and purple indicate a maturing of the brain.
While watching this slide show, pay close attention to the colors in the human brain.
Things to Remember about brain development
• Every child’s brain develops at different times.
• All kids brains work differently depending on the environment they live in and the environment they are exposed to.
• There are so many changes happening in the brain, teachers and parents need to remember to take things one day at a time with these kids.
Task Cards
Let’s Make A DecisionObjective: The learner will be able to
understand some thoughts, consequences and rewards behind different types of decisions they make by talking and dissecting the task card of a real world situation they could be put in someday.
Directions1. The teacher will pick a task card out of the container.2. The teacher will read the task card to the class.3. The teacher will pretend they are an adolescent and have 30
seconds to decide what they might do in the situation.4. Once their decision is made, they will give an explanation on why
they chose that response remembering they are an adolescent not an adult.
5. We will then go through the Pro’s and Con’s of choosing their decision.
6. Once this task is finished, we will go through and talk about how peers would see your decision, how your parents would see your decision and how your teachers would view your decision. We would do this so the students will think more from other perspectives than just their own.
7. Once this has taken place, we can now ask the teacher if they would change their mind or not. If they did, we could ask why.
Example of a Task Card
You have been assigned to a group of students to work on
a science project and you don’t like two of the
members. What do you do?
Example of a Task Card
Your friend asks you to take money out of your
mom’s wallet so you can go and buy some candy at the store. What would you
do?