VDA #1
1) What was the title and URL of the article you read?
The URL of the article I read was http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/the-teenage-brain/.
2) Do you have any questions about anything you read in the article? If so, what are the questions?
I didn't thoroughly understand how the brain changes as you grow.
3) What did you find MOST fascinating about the article?
The most facinating thing I learned is that as people grow their brain works differently too. As we grow we tend to make more decisions on our own and think differently. Our thinking also become more independent.
4) What did you learn?
I learned that as we grow our brain reduces the amount of neurons and synapses that are not that aren't useful as we grow, and strengthens the ones that are important for us to use as an adult. As a result, when we grow we become more proficient to the native tounge, but it might be more difficult for us to learn a language that we don't know.
5) Why was the science found in the article important, in your opinion?
It was important because our brain thinks differently as we grow and it is important to learn how it works because of the different decisions and thinking ways we use from a child to an adult.
6) Any additional comments
As a growing teenager, I enjoyed learning about how my brain works differently as I grow!