Managing stress
Managing stress
Capture what students have already learnt about stress management and bolster their knowledge about relaxation techniques.
The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog
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Having a conversation about mental health
The teenage brain
The teenage brain
This lesson explores the changes that take place in the teenage brain, including the role of hormones, and how these changes can impact feelings, behaviour and wellbeing.
Lesson support
Never taught anything about the teenage brain before? Or concerned that students will bring up issues you can’t handle? Don’t worry – we’ve got lots of teacher resources to provide all the knowledge and pedagogical advice you need to deliver this lesson quickly and effortlessly…
About this lesson
Critical evaluation of hormones
This lesson explores the key hormones in the brain that surge massively during the teenage years. Students are asked to think critically about what high and low levels can mean for their own wellbeing.
What is pruning?
This lesson explains the process of ‘pruning’ to students, where the neurons within their brain that are not being used are allowed to die away and the remaining neurons are strengthened. It can be a scary process, causing an underlying period of uncertainty, confusion and difficulty in decision-making for teenagers.
Facts about the teenage brain
The teenage years is a time of huge development and change within the brain. Did you know?
100 billion
The amount of neurons in the human brain
17%
The amount by which grey matter in the brain reduces during the teenage years
25 years
The age by which the prefrontal cortex is fully developed
Our partners
BrainWaves is a collaborative project, led by researchers at the University of Oxford
in partnership with The Day, an online daily newspaper for young people,
and the informatics team at the University of Swansea.
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The value of research
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Boosting your mood
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Sleep and teenagers
Sleep and teenagers
This lesson explores how sleep pattern and hormones change for adolescents and provides advice and strategies on how teenagers can get more sleep.
Lesson support
Never taught anything about sleep before? Or concerned that students will bring up issues you can’t handle? Don’t worry – we’ve got lots of teacher resources to provide all the knowledge and pedagogical advice you need to deliver this lesson quickly and effortlessly…
About this lesson
Real-life data evaluation
This lesson uses real-life data from the Oxwell Student Survey to explore the relationship between sleep and mental health, and the optimal length of time that students should sleep for each night. It challenges them to think about what is a trustworthy source of information, and what happens if they stay in bed for too long!
The impact of melatonin
In this lesson, students learn about melatonin – the hormone that makes us sleepy. Finding out that melatonin is released much later in the teenage brain than in adults helps explain a lot of teenage behaviours, but also results in young people not getting enough sleep. Students are asked to apply what they have learnt about key sleep strategies in a variety of real-life case studies. …
Facts about sleep
Did you know?
89%
of teenagers keep at least one device in their bedroom at night
45%
of teenagers report getting less than eight hours per night
24%
of teenagers suffer with insomnia
Our partners
BrainWaves is a collaborative project, led by researchers at the University of Oxford
in partnership with The Day, an online daily newspaper for young people,
and the informatics team at the University of Swansea.
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