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National Geographic has this totally cool interactive page about memory.

I thought that this was an interesting website that elaborates more on the thinking process and ways to make thinking visible. Also has to do with our other book!

I just felt like this portrays the importance of visual learning and I feel like my brain works best in this manner.

Podcast from neuroscientist Richard Davidson (same one who founded the org in my link below). Talks about many of the topics from this past week- emotions, rewiring brain, etc.

Overall, I very much enjoyed this program. One of the greatest strengths of the program is that it appeals to the user-interface trend of learning that kids really enjoy; they get to interact with their learning materials! Rather than reading descriptions of the brain, students can click on different parts and hear descriptions, processing and/or reprocessing information at their own pace. Also, the program integrates knowledge of the brain with tips on how to use such knowledge of succeed in school. The role models are struggling students, thus the program provides characters that players can relate to. I found very few weaknesses with the program, although I did find some ways for the program to improve. My greatest concern is that the program can be hard to navigate. I managed -- I still don't know how -- to skip a large part of the program. I had to redo the program from scratch in order to go through it properly. Also, the very erratic jumps from image to image, for me, was a bit distracting, although perhaps a student observer may appreciate the quick pace of the program. Overall, although there are ways for the program to improve, I think it is a wonderful tool for brain and learning education.

Intersting website and links on how to present neuroscience to kids

Yes, probably the best Web Site out there.

Shoot! Malika got to this one first! Does look fantastic though, especially the synaptic tag! I never considered how little we actually learn about the brain until we grow older. we teach thinking strategies and studying strategies throughout elementary school, but we never explain why they work or the science behind them, wouldn't that make the lessons more effective?

This article deals with depression among teens, possible sources of depression, and reasons why these episodes should be taken very seriously.

This article outlines some of the uses of video games and education. It even explains that video games are used in India to promote literacy.

This page outlines some of the visible and abstract changes of the brain as teens progress through adolescence.

This is another study that shows the impact that marijuana can have on memory, especially in adolescence. It is important to note that studies that abide by ethical and legal constraints do not conduct these sort of tests on human subjects, rather they use mice.

This page discusses the negative impacts that chronic alcohol use will have on the teenage brain. Adolescents that use alcohol at their young age can experience permanent brain damage, specifically concerning with the ability to commit information to memory.

This shows the process in which learning and memory connect.

This has the functions of the brain and how they are relevant to our thinking.

COOOOOLLLL

This is a video that breaks it down into more simple means for the students to understand how we categorize our memory when learning.

Why don't students like school?

This seems pretty helpful, almost a summary of the big take-away points from the book :)

This has types of memory and it shows how memory works within our brain.

This site gives a lot about memory and then the links of the topic through psychology.