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| Sarah-Jayne Blakemore |
Do Now: Yesterday we introduced the essential questions for this new unit "The Teenage Brain: A Work in Progress." Write your own essential question for this unit. Post it on your blog.
For this assignment, we will watch a Ted Talk given by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on "The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain." Who is Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and why should we listen to her?
As you watch the talk, take notes so that you can answer these questions afterwards:
- How does Ms. Blakemore define adolescence? How long does it last?
- What is the significance of the prefrontal cortex? Which section is this on the diagram we viewed yesterday? (See post for 12/2/13)
- What is synaptic pruning and what is the significance of the process?
- What is the social brain?
- Explain the design and results of the experiment in which adolescents were compared to adults in seeing things from another person's perspective.
- Describe the difference between the limbic system and the prefrontal cortex in teenagers and adults.
- Do you see your own adolescence as a problem or an opportunity? Explain.
- Make one suggestion you have for educators based on this Ted Talk.
Post your answers to the questions on your blog.
Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.2 Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) in order to make informed decisions and solve problems, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting any discrepancies among the data.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.3 Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis, and tone used.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.
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