Grade levels: Senior High (10-12)

Follows three teens from diverse backgrounds and demonstrates how physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development are interconnected. The lesson also highlights the role that friends and family play in this development.

Explores the subject of “at-risk” teens and their resiliency. Drug abuse, delinquency, and teen pregnancy are among the topics discussed.

Demonstrates how preschoolers learn to negotiate relationships with other children through play and physical interaction. It also explores the three predominant styles of parenting and the impact each has on children’s psychosocial development

Introduces four preschoolers, including fraternal twins. The level of gross and fine motor skills that children can achieve is discussed.

Introduces students to research design, observational studies, and surveys, and shows how researchers establish relationships between the variables.

Explores nature and nurture in development, DNA, genes acting in combination, and the effect that the environment can have on genetic expression.

Follows an expectant family through the prenatal process to the live birth of their child. Students learn about the trimesters of pregnancy and the risk factors that influence conception and delivery of a healthy baby.

Illustrates how three families cope with infertility, in vitro fertilization, adoption, and surrogate motherhood.

Includes discussion by experts of fine and gross motor development and the importance of nutrition and breast milk during the first two years.

Explores how babies learn about their world through their senses, by touching, feeling, hearing, and babbling.