Monday October 21st 2013

Circle:
Growing up what is something you thought was going to be different about being a teenager?  Are your teenage years living up to your expectations?

True False Quiz
Handout 5-1

Discussion of Quiz

Inside the Teenage Brain
Preload questions 2 minutes
Notes on movie:
1. Five things you always suspected about being a teenager and the movie confirms.
2. Five things you just learned about being a teenager that you never heard or thought of.

Period 1 Minute 17 of Frontline Video
Period 2 Minute      of Frontline Video

Notes 
Reasonable to assume that no one understands them.
Once kid becomes a teenager its almost like they get invaded by another brain and this throws the parents off.
Teenage years are just another phase of child development.  Parents need to remember this.
Dramatic brain growth just before puberty.
Biology of teen behavior is just starting to be explored through things like CAT scans and MRI's.
Frontal Cortex has a growth spurt right before puberty.  Frontal cortex thickens at this time.
Previous thinking was that the brain stopped changing by age three.  That is changing.
Neural pathways are created and strengthened by using them.  If not they are lost.
Use it or loose it.
We are creating those pathways as a teenager.
Prefrontal Cortex...planning behavior...Chief executive.