girl: mom, can i have a dollar? i think my purse is upstairs on the bed. it's not here. check the dining room. nope. the upstairs closet? announcer: moms everywhere are finding ways to keep kids active and healthy. get ideas. get involved. get going at letsmove.gov. >> here's what's happening on "teen kids news." >> some people live their whole lives with a medical secret. we'll meet a teen who's not afraid to speak up. >> know which state is called "the crossroads of america"? we'll "steer" you in the right direction in "flag facts." >> in "speak of the week," we ask teens about advice. here's my advice -- don't miss my report. >> teens help discover shipwrecks from long ago. i'll have that story. >> i'll tell you how one of our

most popular pastimes today started with toys like this over 100 years ago. >> coming up, i learn how to be a sheepherder, and i have my official sheepherding whistle to prove it. >> and we're just getting started, so stay tuned. >> welcome to "teen kids news." >>nd i'm livia. here's our top story for this week. >> socrates had it. so did napoleon. and so do thousands of teens. erika tells us about a medical condition that is surprisingly common and yet not well-known. >> i was just reading in bed, when i started to feel odd

tingling in my mouth, and i got up from my bed, went to my bathroom, and i couldn't control what my body was doing, and then i remembered nothing. >> kelly was just 10 years old when she experienced something she had never felt before. >> we heard a sudden thump. wasn't sure what it was. and i went down the hall, and kelly had collapsed on the floor. >> kelly was rushed to the hospital, where doctors did some tests. the diagnosis was epilepsy. >> epilepsy is a neurological condition that causes someone to have seizures. seizures can be described best as an electrical storm in the brain. >> for some people, an epileptic seizure means experiencing symptoms like shaking or convulsions. other symptoms may include staring or feeling confused. the sense of sound or smell can also be affected. >> in the beginning, i had decided not to tell my friends that i had epilepsy, because

they may think, "oh, you're different. oh, that's not good. like, she's weird," or something along those lines, but later on, i finally told my best friend when i couldn't handle it anymore -- i had to tell somebody. and so i went over to my best friend's house, and i just said, "i have epilepsy." and she asked what it was, and i explained it. and she said, like, "you're still you," and just kept on doing what we were doing and talking. >> the experience inspired kelly to write a book. it's about a young girl who, like herself, has epilepsy. >> well, when i started writing my book, i wrote it for different reasons, but my main reason was that i couldn't tell anybody that i had epilepsy, and the only way that i could tell somebody was if i wrote it down. >> but now kelly realizes her book can do a lot of good. >> i want to get it out there in words because it lets people

know about what epilepsy is and that it's not something to be afraid of. >> kelly does more than just write about epilepsy. she makes jewelry and donates the money she earns to research, and she volunteers at the local epilepsy foundation. it gives her an opportunity to learn more about her condition, and it gives her a chance to help others. to assist someone who might be having an epileptic seizure, the epilepsy foundation of new jersey offers this advice. >> we like to tell people toe. remember what to do by use of an acronym, and the acronym is "trust" -- t.r.u.s.t. "t" is turn the person on their side -- you turn them on their sides so their tongue will fall to the side, and that'll help them breathe easier. and "r" is remove all objects. remove the person's glasses if they have glasses on. "u" is use something soft under the person's head. "s" is stay calm and stay with the person. and "t" is time the seizure. for somebody with epilepsy, the seizure is a medical emergency

if it's over five minutes. also, if it's someone's first-time seizure, it's a medical emergency no matter what. >> the good news is, with proper treatment, epilepsy can be managed. >> kids and teens with epilepsy are just like any other kids. they can swim, they can rock-climb, they can play ice hockey. in some situations, there might be restrictions, but they're just like any other kid in class. >> well, i've gradually been able to control all my seizures, and i've been doing so well that i've actually been reducing my medication. >> some teens actually outgrow epilepsy. kelly is hopeful she might be one of them. with "teen kids news," i'm erika. >> there's a lot more ahead, so stick with us. >> "teen kids news" will be right back.

>> ever take a close look at your state flag? you should, because you might be surprised at how much you can learn from it. here's scott with this week's lesson.

>> indiana was originally part of what early settlers called "indian territory." in fact, "indiana" means "land of the indians." in 1816, indiana was granted statehood, but it took 100 years before indiana finally adopted its first official state flag. >> it's a design meant to refer to enlightenment. it has a torch surrounded by stars. >> the enlightenment was an 18th-century philosophy that stressed the importance of reason. so the flaming torch represents liberty of both the mind and the body. the golden beams radiating from the torch symbolize indiana's far-reaching ideals. >> and there are 19 stars since indiana was the 19th state. >> the stars in the outer circle represent the original 13 states. the stars in the inner circle represent the next five states that joined the union before

indiana. finally, there's the 19th star, right above the torch -- the one that proudly stands for indiana. not on the flag is the state's motto -- "crossroads of america." and it's true -- when it comes to major highways, more of them meet in indiana than anywhere else. with "flag facts," i'm scott. >> "speak of the week" is when we get to hear whyou have to say. here's this week's question. >> whether from a parent, a book, or even a fortune cookie, tell us -- do you listen to advice others give you? >> i definitely get advice from my parents and my siblings, and i definitely listen to it, although sometimes not as much as i should. it's definitely something that i value to get advice from people close to me, 'cause they've been through it and i haven't. >> i get a lot of advice. i don't listen to most of it. i understand it. i just don't go through with it.

most of my guidance comes from my friends, and i love them. i just don't listen. >> well, i mean, it depends on the advice, but i usually try to take other people's opinions into my head. >> yes, most of the time. >> basically, ask a lot of people and then just kind of sort of put together their opinions and then draw my own conclusion from there of what i should do. >> let me leave you with this advice -- many receive advice. only the wise profit from it. for "teen kids news," i'm kennedy. >> what if you could raise money for charity just by browsing the internet? well, that's just what goodsearch.com will help you do. goodsearch is a search engine like google but with a twist. each time you use it, a penny will be donated to the cause of your choice. sure, a penny isn't much, but if millions of people start using this site, all those pennies will add up. that certainly makes good

"cents." i'm charlie for "teen kids news."

>> museums are places where we learn about dinosaurs, art, and the universe, but carina has found one where you can actually become a star -- at least, for a day. >> lights, cameras, and plenty of action -- it's all right here in the museum of the moving image. >> we are the only museum in the unites states that is dedicated to film, television, and digital media, and in addition to our collection of artifacts, we also have a wide variety of interactive exhibitions. >> located in astoria, new york, the museum is housed in an historic building. this used to be a studio where they shot silent movies back in the 1920s. now it's a showcase for early examples of the audio and video technologies we use every day. long before there were ipods,

there were reel-to-reel tape decks. must have been hard to carry this around. maggie gave us a tour focusing on the top five exhibits teens just wouldn't want to miss. first stop -- a movie theater built for one. >> over here, we have the kinetoscope, and this is a replica of a kinetoscope that was invented by thomas edison's company in about 1893. and what would happen is people would come up and they would pay 25 cents to see a row of five of these, and it would show about a minute-long movie. so, if you want to come around, you can take a look in here. [ old-time piano music plays ] wow! that's so cool! that's so cool! what's next? >> let's go. so, over here, we have all the work and craft that goes into making special effects, so for things like

"nightmare on elm street 4," but what of course i want to show you is yoda, which is very popular among teens and kids and adults. >> hi, yoda. [ chuckles ] yoda looked so real, i thought he might actually wave back. next, we stopped by the automated dialogue replacement booth. actors use rooms like this to fix movie soundtracks when there are problems with the original recording. >> my mom called us all the same. >> and what was that, dear? >> she -- she called us all "babe." >> you have three lines to replace. first, you will rehearse. then, you will record. >> the results come out something like this. >> what did your mother call u to tell you apart from your brothers and sisters? >> our mom called us all the same. >> and what was that, dear? >> she -- she called us all "babe." >> you're a voiceover pro. >> [ chuckles ] as our tour continued, i entered a world of brightly lit video games. playing the old classics was a blast. oh! >> over here, we have the first home video game, which is called

the magnavox odyssey, and over here, we have one of the first arcade video games, which is called "computer space." >> this original version of "pong" might not be as interactive as, say, wii is today, but it was groundbreaking for its time. of course, we saved the favorite exhibit for last. and what's the number-one exhibit teens shouldn't miss when they visit the museum? >> well, it comes in a few parts. so, if we come over here, we can take a look at these images by a photographer named eadweard muybridge, and he was somebody who took individual still pictures but saw if you moved them, you ended up seeing a moving image. and this was the beginning of people thinking about how to take these still pictures and eventually turning them into movies. so, one great example over here is a flip-book. so, if you want to take a seat... >> yeah. >> so, you have these pictures here, and if you see -- do they move? >> no. >> but if i move through them really quickly... >> [ chuckling ] oh! that's so cool. >> ...you see the little moving image. so, if you want to make your own

flip-book, we can head over this way. >> definitely. next thing i knew, i was turning myself into a "teen kids news" flip-book reporter. >> we want people to understand the huge amount of work that goes into making a film or a television show or a video game. beyond just the director or the actor, there's also the cinematographer, the cameraperson, the editor, somebody who is constructing sets, someone who's designing costumes, so that's something that's really important that we want people to understand. >> i had a great tour, and i get to take home a special souvenir -- my very own flip-book. at the museum of the moving image, for "teen kids news," i'm carina. i miss that guy with all my heart. we shared classes together, we survived the lectures, and we took the tests and we told the jokes. but now i must look at the empty desk with an empty heart, unable to rest.

while all the other kids laugh and play, i'll only remember that one day, when my best friend jeff was taken away. i love you, jeff. nice. oh... oh! oh! red! red! red! yes! yes! come on! oh. no! oh... bummer. [children shouting] hoops? yeah. sure. sure. announcer: moms everywhere are finding ways to keep kids active and healthy. works every time. announcer: get ideas. get involved. get going at letsmove.gov. >> twitter is telling us something about ourselves. scientists studied tweets all around the world -- more than half a billion messages. their discovery -- people tend

to send happier tweets in the morning. they get more glum as the day goes on -- one giant, global mood swing. >> we're about to find out how teenagers discovered not one sunken ship, but two. >> this project appealed to me because of the history, the adventure, and the scientific matter that was hidden behind it. >> cody is talking about how he and four classmates from saginaw, michigan, got involved with "project shiphunt." sponsored by sony and intel, it was a high-tech search for shipwrecks on the bottom of lake huron. the students had entered a competition to join the search team. it was led by world-renowned marine archaeologist dr. james delgado. >> they wrote essays, they were interviewed, and the five that were picked, i think, really do represent a great hope for all of us older folks in terms of the next generation of explorers and scientists. >> using sonar waves to scan the

lake floor, the students found evidence of two ships lying thousands of feet below the surface. >> once we had targets of interest, we then dropped cameras down on a remotely operated vehicle robotic system. >> the teens guided the search from on board the expedition ship, and their findings were confirmed. >> the most exciting part of the experience would have to be when we first came upon the wrecks, because it was such a beautiful sight to see those ships so well preserved on the lake bed. >> divers went down to gather more information, but it was the teens themselves who positively identified two freighters that had gone down more than 100 years ago. >> we didn't want them to just look over our shoulder. the idea was "learn by experience through hands-on work," and with that forensic work, bit by bit, they were able to get the clues they needed to say, "yes. this is the wreck of the etruria, and this is the wreck

of the m.f. merrick." >> the discovery was turned into a documentary film and a life lesson for the students -- "go for your goal." >> it doesn't matter how big it is. all you have to do is push for it. >> and they learned another lesson -- science can be exciting and deep -- very deep. for "teen kids news," i'm emily. >> it's time for "word," a chance to test your vocabulary by finding the real meaning of some rather interesting words. how about this one? it's a noun. does it mean... [ bell rings ] "placebo" is a harmless pill given to a patient in the place of a medication. as in, she's not really sick... [ girl coughs ] ...but a placebo seemed to make her feel better. okay, here's another. it's an adjective. does it mean...

[ bell rings ] "gargantuan" means "really, really big." it comes from the name of a giant in french literature -- gargantua. how about... is it... [ bell rings ] the answer is -- "gnu," a large african antelope with an ox-like head. as in, "what's new at the zoo?" "a gnu." so, how'd you do? that's "word" for now.

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office, his successor praised him for healing the country. >> it's a job that originated way back in history and is still practiced the world over today. laura has the story. >> people training dogs to fetch, sit, and roll over is nothing special. these dogs, however, are very unique -- they're sheep dogs. here at philipsburg manor, shepherd gene sheninger is showing off his loyal shepherding dogs to the crowd. >> [ whistles ] >> but what exactly is sheepherding -- or a shepherd, for that matter? >> well, sheepherding is attending to sheep. shepherds are responsible for taking care of their sheep. so it means warming them, trimming their feet, inoculating them -- all of those things. i was in the corporate world, and i ran a couple of companies, so i have left the high-tech world to go to no-tech. >> so, what are the dogs for? >> well, i have two choices. i could go running out 600 yards myself and bring the sheep back,

or i could send the dog out, and my preference is -- being a lazy man -- i'd rather whistle while they work. >> speaking of whistling, it's actually a pretty big part of sheepherding. the shepherd uses whistles to tell the dog what to do. >> every dog has its own set of whistles -- a different tune and a different pitch for each one of the commands. for example, the clockwise whistle sounds like the bobwhite quail... [ whistles ] and if i want them to go the other way, counterclockwise, it's the opposite of that... [ whistles ] and the lie down whistle... [ whistles ] and the walk up whistle is... [ whistles ] >> gene showed me how to use the whistle, but it took some getting used to. >> breathe -- don't blow hard. just try to breathe out. >> [ exhales ] >> and if you do it the right way, it goes like this... [ whistles tune ] >> [ high-pitched whistle ] >> good! >> luckily, for those who can't master the whistle, the dogs also respond to verbal commands. i got to practice with a dog named sweet. when i want sweet to herd the

sheep clockwise, i say... then, to herd counterclockwise, i call out... and if i want the dog to walk up or stand still, the commands are pretty easy to remember... wato me! sweet! way to me! this is not as easy as it looks. but gene sure makes it lolike it is. together, man and dog make a great team. >> i like to see these dogs. it's like poetry in motion watching them work. >> the old saying "dog is man's best friend" probably came from a sheepherder. at philipsburg manor, for "teen kids news," i'm laura. >> that's it for this week. thanks for joining us. >> we'll see you next week on "teen kids news."

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