Growth What growth can you see What growth

Growth What growth can you see? What growth can’t you see?

Growth You Can See • Rapid physical growth is part of the human life cycle until adulthood. • How would you describe physical growth?

Intellectual Growth

PET Scan • What kind of pictures do PET scans take?

PET Scan • What observations can you make about the pictures of these brains?

What is a PET Scan? • Name something that you know takes pictures of the inside of our body. – X-ray shows hard spots like bones – PET scan shows soft spots like brain • Colors – Show what parts are working or resting • Scientists – Study to see what areas of the brain are working hard

Intellectual Growth • What kinds of things did you know when you were a toddler? • What are some things you know that you didn’t know then? • Will you know more in high school than you do now?

Is My Brain Growing? • Look at the measurement of your head compared to Ms. Parkton’s head – What do you notice? • Developing the ability to figure things out and solve problems • Happens inside your brain • Causes: music, looking at pictures and paintings, reading, tasting, talking

Practicing and Learning • What is something that you practice? • Why do you practice? • Connections in the brain need to be used over and over – Practice makes connections stronger

Physical vs. Intellectual • Intellectual growth is just as natural as physical growth. – Part of human life cycle • When is physical growth most rapid? – When is intellectual growth most rapid? • Do they both continue throughout our lives?

Reflect and Discuss • What did you learn about growth? – Talk to your partner. – Add your ideas and sketches at the bottom of your page.