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Not a game page, but this teacher has compiled a great compilation of science resources and visuals for ELL learners!

Goes more in-depth on what is meant by "Least Restrict Environment" in IDEA. This article definitely answered some of the questions I had about working with students with disabilities

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

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 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.

As with all Western psychology, I cannot help but make connections to Buddhism (and to get more specific, I'm particularly fascinated by Tibetan Buddhism). I noticed on p. 55 of Why Students Don't like School that "If you can't pay attention to something, you can't learn it!". I am struck by how shamatha meditation is about stabalizing the mind and being present in order to practice vipashyana, which is insight into how the mind works. And since you can't separate your mind from anything you perceive....Buddhists posit that that insight into how the mind works, and how self and identity are constructed, leads to insight into the nature of reality itself.

As with all Western psychology, I cannot help but make connections to Buddhism (and to get more specific, I'm particularly fascinated by Tibetan Buddhism). I noticed on p. 55 of Why Students Don't like School that "If you can't pay attention to something, you can't learn it!". I am struck by how shamatha meditation is about stabalizing the mind and being present in order to practice vipashyana, which is insight into how the mind works. And since you can't separate your mind from anything you perceive....Buddhists posit that that insight into how the mind works, and how self and identity are constructed, leads to insight into the nature of reality itself.