Directed by Emmy-nominated director Tiffany Shlain and executive produced by Goldie Hawn and MindUP, The Teen Brain is an award-winning new 10-minute short film that explores what's happening in the teenage brain, illuminating that teenagers are emotionally brilliant super-learners with brains that are undergoing rapid and significant remodeling and development. Based on the latest research on adolescence, and showcasing both teens and doctors and psychologists, The Teen Brain offers tools to stay balanced and navigate the powerful adolescent years.
The Teen Brain is available with closed captioned in English, Chinese, French, Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, and Swahili. Click the CC icon above (next to the volume button) to access.
The Adaptable Mind explores the skills we need to flourish in today's world. And that these skills — curiosity, creativity, taking initiative, multi-disciplinary thinking, and empathy — happen to be skills that machines don’t have; only humans have. (11 mins)
The Science of Character (8 mins) explores the neuroscience and social science that shows we can develop -- in ourselves and in others -- strengths like grit, gratitude, creativity, optimism, bravery, and self-control.
Educational Videos and Discussion Guides, produced by Let It Ripple, are available on their website https://www.letitripple.org/films