Instructional Video5:02
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Identity and the Inner Critic

9th - 12th
Mikki vs the World is a creative, funny, and factual series designed to help teens get a grip on what’s happening inside their heads. Dr. M calls up someone who knows a lot about identity discovery while Mo struggles with his inner...
Instructional Video5:06
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Miscommunication and Misunderstanding

6th - Higher Ed
Mikki vs the World is a creative, funny, and factual series designed to help teens get a grip on what’s happening inside their heads. Dr. M is struggling to communicate with Jade, so she turns to a fellow psychologist to ask for advice....
Instructional Video4:14
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

When Saying No Isn't Easy

6th - Higher Ed
Mikki vs the World is a creative, funny, and factual series designed to help teens get a grip on what’s happening inside their heads. Dr. M gets real life practice with saying to no something she doesn't want to do. It turns out to be...
Instructional Video4:13
Brainwaves Video Anthology

Susan Williams White - Autism Spectrum Disorders

Higher Ed
Susan W. White, Ph.D. is an associate professor at Virginia Tech. She established the Virginia Tech Psychosocial Interventions (PI) lab in 2006. As director of the PI Lab, Dr. White's research seeks to identify psychological processes...
Instructional Video6:22
Healthcare Triage

Teen Suicide Rates Are Rising, but Prevention is Possible

Higher Ed
Rates of teen suicide are rising, and rates for girls are higher than any time in the last 40 years. There are a number of ways to address this problem, but why aren't we using evidence based approaches to the problem?
Instructional Video1:59
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Who Am I?

6th - Higher Ed
Mikki vs the World is a creative, funny, and factual series designed to help teens get a grip on what’s happening inside their heads. Mo's nervousness about an upcoming date sends him spiraling into an identity crisis!



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Instructional Video4:24
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Risk-Taking to Fit In

9th - 12th
Mikki vs the World is a creative, funny, and factual series designed to help teens get a grip on what’s happening inside their heads. Mikki impresses a potential new friend by turning the office into a mini Godzilla nest. Mo starts to...
Instructional Video5:25
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Pros and Cons of Social Media

9th - 12th
Mikki vs the World is a creative, funny, and factual series designed to help teens get a grip on what’s happening inside their heads. After deciding to become social media famous, Dr. M turns to the teenage experts to learn about the...
Instructional Video4:52
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

What Makes a Good Friend?

6th - Higher Ed
Mikki vs the World is a creative, funny, and factual series designed to help teens get a grip on what’s happening inside their heads. Dr. M tries a different approach to helping Mo and finds out what it takes to be a good...
Instructional Video4:39
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Confronting Anxiety

6th - Higher Ed
Mikki vs the World is a creative, funny, and factual series designed to help teens get a grip on what’s happening inside their heads. New developments in the karaoke plan cause Dr. M to feel even more anxious, but not quite as anxious...
Instructional Video2:09
Makematic

Take Action for Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (Ages 11 - 17)

K - 8th
Teenage student explains how young people are taking action on Global Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Instructional Video10:38
Weird History

Why DARE Was A Big Failue

12th - Higher Ed
The D.A.R.E. program, which stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education, was a staple of childhood for millions of American children in the '80s and '90s. It set out to tell kids about the perils of alcohol and other substances, but there...
Instructional Video4:05
Curated Video

Acknowledging Opposing Viewpoints in Persuasive Writing

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher explains how to acknowledge opposing viewpoints in writing by conceding a weakness in one's argument. The lesson focuses on persuasive writing and the goal of getting the reader to agree with the author's...
Instructional Video
Favorite Poem Project

The Favorite Poem Project: "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" by Emily Dickinson

9th - 10th
In this video episode [5:32] from Favorite Poem Project, Yina Liang, a 16 year-old girl, describes her life and explains why Emily Dickinson's poem entitled "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?" is an inspiration to her life. Liang reads aloud "I'm...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Inside the Teenage Brain

9th - 10th
Observe how scientists are exploring the recesses of the brain and finding some new explanations for why adolescents behave the way they do. Examine how the discoveries could change the way we parent, teach or perhaps even understand...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Cliques Online: Stereotypes

9th - 10th
Compare teenage "jocks" to "goths" by considering how group members struggle against being stereotyped even as they lose themselves in the group identity. Consider the need for clique members to maintain an individual feeling of identity.