Risk-taking Genes -- Genes, Environment, or Both?

What makes someone want to be a skydiver, a fighter pilot, a racecar driver? Is it in the genes? What is it about high-risk behavior that gives some people a thrill and terrifies others? For those who love "living on the edge," it's a critical part of life. Without their thrill-seeking hobbies, depression or more serious illnesses can set in.

All 50 Secrets of the Sequence videos have an accompanying classroom-tested lesson that encourages students to further explore the video topics. Each lesson includes background information, state and national science standards, discussion questions and answers, teacher notes and an activity that will ensure a hands-on, "minds-on" experience. To see lessons for this series, visit http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/secretsofthesequence/.

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