This PBS special explores the brain from birth to old age. Take a look at snapshots of brain development at birth, as a child, as a teenager, as an adult, and in old age.

Teens and adults have different brains. Find out what makes the teenage brain so unique.

In this transcript from FRONTLINE: "Inside the Teenage Brain," neuroscientist Dr. Jay Giedd discusses new research on brain development in teenagers.

Build your knowledge of the teen brain and its impact on behavior by demonstrating your level of agreement. This will help you prepare to read "The Teen Brain: Still Under Construction."

Ninth graders read National Geographic's "Teenage Brains" by David Dobbs and various informational texts about the development of the teenage brain to understand the factors that ultimately dictate teens' decision-making and behavior.

We will answer questions about the information in the first section from "The Teen Brain: Still Under Construction" to deepen our understanding. Review claims from chart paper as a class.

Ninth graders read three informational texts to gain an understanding of how adolescent brain development influences teen behavior.

Discusses research studies that have looked at the teenage brain and discovered that it is not fully developed until the early twenties, and this explains why teens take greater risks than adults do. (Published Mar. 20, 2013)