Developing Minds in Science
By
introducing students to latest advances in brain science, in through
experiences and images that teens will recognize as being like
their own, DMS intends to expand understanding of brains and behavior
and inspire the next generation of STEM scientists and practitioners.
The program presenting information to foster understanding for
healthier decision-making throughout adolescence to promote mental
health through a series of short learning modules for high school
in the brain and learning sciences, delivered online via animated
graphics and video with supplemental teaching material. DMS content
will focus on the science of issues young people grapple with every
day: peer pressure, cliques and gangs, out-of-sync body clocks,
dating and mating, body image and more. In the process, we can
begin to uncover answers to questions about how we make choices,
ways we are biased without even knowing it, and how positive experiences
with friends and family can help our brains connect up in healthy
ways.