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| Cool Nurse | ||
| The Cool Nurse site tells you all about puberty. ( http://www.coolnurse.com/puberty.htm ) | ||
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| Teen Puberty | ||
| Got questions? They've got answers. ( http://www.teenpuberty.com/ ) | ||
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| Beginner's Guide to Puberty | ||
| The title says it all. ( http://www.iwannaknow.org/puberty/ ) | ||
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| Inside the Teenage Brain | ||
| The PBS show Frontline produced a program called "Inside the Teenage Brain." You can watch the whole series and get background information at this web site. ( http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/ ) | ||
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| Alcohol and the Adolescent Brain | ||
| This site explores what can happen to the brain development of adolescents who drink. ( http://www.duke.edu/~amwhite/Adolescence/ ) | ||
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| Science Daily | ||
| Science Daily reports on the latest research findings in a variety of science fields. A search using the term "adolescent brain" will find you all kinds of news about the brains of adolescents. Find out, for example, why researchers have compared the brains of adolescents and psychopaths, and why adolescents are more vulnerable to addictive drugs than are adults. ( http://www.sciencedaily.com ) | ||
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| National Sleep Foundation | ||
| This site features a "hot topic" page, Teens and Sleep, which tells you all the latest on adolescents and their sleep needs. ( http://www.sleepfoundation.org/ ) | ||
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| National Eating Disorders Association | ||
| Get information on eating disorders, and links to even more. ( http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org ) | ||
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| Alcohol and Drug Information | ||
| The U.S. government's online prevention site, which includes information about families, schools, workplaces, and more. ( http://www.health.org/ ) | ||
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| Do It Now Foundation | ||
| Catchy, clever antidrug information site. Try the trivia game, "You Don't Know Smack." ( http://www.doitnow.org ) | ||
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| Depressed Teens | ||
| Learn more about how to recognize depression, which affects more than 1 million U.S. adolescents. ( http://www.depressedteens.com/indexnf.html ) | ||
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| About Teen Suicide | ||
| Search for suicide to read this and related articles at the Kid's Health web site. ( http://kidshealth.org/parent/ ) | ||
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| Center for Adolescent and Family Studies | ||
| This research center at Indiana University offers Teacher Talk, a newsletter all about teaching adolescents, and the Adolescent Directory Online. ( http://www.indiana.edu/~cafs/ ) | ||
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| Lawrence Kohlberg | ||
| The Psi Café at Portland State University offers you information about Kohlberg, as well as a summary and criticisms of his theory and information on how it is being applied. ( http://www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/KeyTheorists/Kohlberg.htm ) | ||
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| Kohlberg Dilemmas | ||
| A few more of Kohlberg's dilemmas. See where your moral reasoning ranks. ( http://www.haverford.edu/psych/ddavis/p109g/kohlberg.dilemmas.html ) | ||
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| Association for Moral Education | ||
| Get news of research on teaching ethics and values, and link to a number of interesting sites from this organizations web page. ( http://www.amenetwork.org/ ) | ||
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| Slang Site | ||
| Decode the meaning of some new words you've heard lately, or add a definition to help out somebody else. ( http://www.slangsite.com/ ) | ||
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| Slanguage | ||
| This site tells you how to "talk like the locals" all over the world. ( http://www.slanguage.com/ ) | ||
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| Adolescent Pedagogy | ||
| Read Lev Vygotsky's book on teaching adolescents. ( http://www.marxists.org/archive/vygotsky/ ) | ||
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| National Dropout Prevention Centers | ||
| Learn more about efforts to keep students in school. ( http://www.dropoutprevention.org/ ) | ||
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| Improving School-to-Work Transitions | ||
| Explore the audio clips and other resources in this summary of a critical issue for educators, from the North Central Regional Laboratory. ( http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/stw/sw0.htm ) | ||
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| After High School | ||
| This set of resources, from the Champaign, Illinois, Public Library Just for Teens site, is intended to help answer the question, "What are you going to do with the rest of your life?" Visit a variety of self-inventories, career quizzes, and more. ( http://www.champaign.org/teens/afterhighschool.html ) | ||
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| Life After High School | ||
| Visit the Research Studies area of Public Agenda's web site to read the results of their study interviewing thousands of high-school seniors. ( http://www.publicagenda.org/index.cfm ) | ||
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| Where Are You Headed? | ||
| Check out the areas for high school and college students at this site dedicated to assisting students in researching and planning their next steps. ( http://www.whereyouheaded.com/ ) | ||
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