My dear STEM 12i students

to the 2nd Quarter

SY 2020 - 2021
Powers of the Mind

1st Module: 2nd QTR

The Adolescent Brain
By Dan Siegel

Adolescent Period is absolutely amazing Raging

hormones
They're just drive them
They'll loose their
immature crazy
mind

Impression about Adolescents

 They're Raging
They'll loose their just hormones
mind immature drive them
crazy
Adolescents are
behaving the way
they are because of
Impression about
Remodelling in the
Adolescents
BRAIN
 2 Things are happening
Pruning
(Differentiation)
In childhood, you absorb what
you have learned but as your
grow, particularly in adolescent
stage, the brain takes away
learnings or events that is not
important or used.
Myelin Formation
(Linkage)
Healthy sheaths that allows
connected neurons to
communicate with each other
in a much more effective way
You use the focus of your
attention to reinforce what
you want to held onto
Pruning itself – (growing)

As you grow, some synapses in the brain are removed.

The reason for pruning is to specialize the brain, as the child
is developing she generalize learning
Adolescents begin to find their passion
Pruning is a “use it or a lost it principle”
(If you don’t use it…you will lost it ex. sports, music…
 The ultimate goal of remodeling is to make an integrated brain

Integrated Brain is a pathway to

Well being
Outcome of the integration of the brain:
Kindness + Compassion = better relationship

* start caring with other people

* wanting to help them

This is the kind of world we want to build

 Improving Intelligence
Part 1: Seeking out mental simulation

• Try new things

• Challenge self constantly

• eliminate certain conveniences

• network with other people

Part 2: Engaging in Part 3: Changing Lifestyle
Right Activities for Managing Stress

Play an instrument Exercise

Read regularly
Eat right
Do puzzles
Improve your sleep
Practice meditation
Study a second
language
Activity 1: How to improve your
behavior/intelligence
Teenage Brains Wired to Learn
Your memories and experiences as adolescent
are very important in every plan and decision
you make
Have you experience having a goal
or a plan in mind that was influence by your
memories and experiences?
Activity 2: Make your Mind Map – effective way
of getting information in and out of your brain. Creative and
logical means of note taking and not making that “maps out”
your ideas

Think of a goal and make branches that

contains ways on how to achieve that goal.
Goal: Career
Branches: How to achieve it …
(studies, interest)
 Example of a mind map

You can draw your mind map with figures or

drawing in a short sized bond paper of draw
in the computer if you can.
Do you Evaluation . Due will be on
Friday.. See your canvas.

Stay healthy, happy and safe

everyone