Name: _______________ Teacher:________________ Date:_______

Growing your Mind Video

Directions: listen to the video and fill in the blanks with the missing words.
Note: Some answers are verbatim (word for word) from the video, some answers are not.

1. Your intelligence can be _______________.

2. Our brains are like a ___________________.
3. In order to build muscle, you do things that your muscles have to ______________.
4. By struggling, it’s a signal to devote more __________________ to that part of the body.
5. Your brain is like a muscle; the ________ you use it, the _________________ it gets
6. Feel good about the fact that those struggles mean you are ____________________ the
most.

Write your answer to the questions:

1. How do people become more intelligent?
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2. How does the diagram of the neurons “At birth vs. At age 6” (1:03) demonstrate this?
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3. How are our brains like muscles?

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4. When do our brains grow the most?

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