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Biotechnology Institute

Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Learning About Drugs and Alcohol Through Biotechnology [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what role genetics plays in why people become drug and alcohol abusers, and investigate how biotechnology can help shape the future of medications used for addicts.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Mysterious Workings of the Adolescent Brain

For Students 9th - 10th
Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware than grown-ups? Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to that of adults, to show us how typically "teenage"...
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Coalition for Juvenile Justice: Implications of Adolescent Brain Dev't [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The first in a two-part presentation of research findings with potential to inform and improve juvenile justice and delinquency prevention policy and practice.