Teen brain

Frontline: The Teen Brain - Has loads of links, interviews, and the whole program (nearly an hour).
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/

English Class and the Teen Brain

High School English Lessons http://www.brighthubeducation.com/high-school-english-lessons/

Party Mix: Engaging Teenage Learners
http://oupeltglobalblog.com/2011/03/24/party-mix-engaging-teenage-learners/

Reengaging Adolescent Readers and Writers
http://www.randomhouse.com/highschool/RHI_magazine/reluctant_readers/freyfisher.html

Brain Hemispheres

Brain Dominance Test
http://www.web-us.com/brain/braindominance.htm

Increase brain power with games like Sudoku, Crosswords, riddles, logic puzzles, brain teasers, and those suggested on this site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aykuFhQIob4

Famous split brain experiments!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMLzP1VCANo

Nutrition and Movement

Move to Learn (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgpLb6d1Cdw)

Natural Medicine? http://www.today.com/video/today/55025691#55025691

Article on flavonoids in food: http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200307/flavonoids-antioxidants-help-the-mind

How Exercise Boosts the Brain. http://fit.webmd.com/teen/move/article/exercise-boosts-brain

Encouraging English in Teen Classrooms: http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/encouraging-english-in-teen-classroom/

Judy Willis Science of Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/big-thinkers-judy-willis-neuroscience-learning-video

Transfer

http://learnweb.harvard.edu/alps/thinking/gettingready_transfer.cfm

Chunking and Mnemonics

Chunking http://www.braingle.com/mind/24.html

Mnemonics - good site. http://faculty.bucks.edu/specpop/mnemonics.htm

Nerve Impulse Animation

Nerve Impulse Animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSkxlpNs3tU&feature=youtu.be

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Resources for Further Investigation

How the Brain Learns Best http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/bruceperry/brainlearns.htm


Poverty, Windows of Opportunity

What anyone can do to help a child. http://umaine.edu/publications/4356e/

An organization trying to help this situation. http://www.care.org/impact/stories/window-opportunity


Controlling Impulses

10 tips (source may not be best, but easy format and looks like good info.)  http://discipline.about.com/od/teachingnewskills/tp/How-To-Teach-Children-Impulse-Control.htm

School behavior tips for ADHD. http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/1037.html

For younger children http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/impulsecontrol.htm

Nourish Interactive http://www.nourishinteractive.com/nutrition-education/teachers-teaching-resources-tips-tools/food-nutrition-teachers-tools-schools-games-classroom-technology

Optional article on interdisciplinary teaching: http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/res/literacy/interd1.html