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Puberty
Eighth graders participate in a whole group discussion about their thoughts and feelings surrounding puberty. Students watch a video and view slides in order to describe the bodily changes that occur during adolescence.
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Human Reproductive Processes Quiz
Quiz your learners on the reproductive process using this terminology assessment tool! Choose 1 of 2 options: have students play online, or make copies of the paper version. The advantage to playing the online matching game is its...
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Puberty
A simple cloze activity gets learners developing a comfort level with sexual development terminology. For Activity 1, they use 12 terms to fill in 11 blanks in an informational text, including sperm, eggs, sex hormones, puberty,...
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Puberty, Day 1
Students watch a film about puberty, define key terms and compare and contrast male and female development. They discuss the purposes of brassieres, athletic supporters and mentrual hygiene products.
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Puberty/Adolescence Overview
Young scholars inquire about life science by completing a worksheet in class. In this human sexuality instructional activity, students define the physical and emotional changes which occur to male and female young scholars during...
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Puberty Adolescence: Will I Fit In?
Young scholars evaluate human health by identifying pubescent changes. In this sexual maturity lesson, students identify the importance of waiting until the appropriate age to have sexual intimacy. Young scholars complete a worksheet...
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Puberty and Menstruation
Students examine human health by researching the effects of puberty. For this body changing lesson, students identify the time in their adolescent lives when their bodies change, hair grows, feelings develop and voice deepen. Students...
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Public and Private
Students list places that are considered private and public. In this health science lesson, students discuss behavior appropriate for each setting. They complete the assigned checklist.
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Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence
Students become familiar with body changes during puberty. In this stages of human development lesson, students review the stages of development from 1-5. Students read an article called I'm Growing but Am I Normal? and...
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Puberty: Grades 3-5
Students discover the changes their body goes through during puberty by participating in a role-playing activity. In this human health lesson, students write a description of themselves as if they were a pituitary gland....
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Sex Education
Seventh graders take a survey to determine their attitudes toward sexuality. In groups, they identify female and male reproductive organs and develop a list of secondary sex traits during puberty. They also discuss the stages of the...
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Introduction to Puberty
Learners describe some of the common external changes associated with puberty. They are introduced to the topic by stating that often these classes are called sex education classes. Students asked: what have you heard about these...
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FLASH
Students Distinguish among assertive, aggressive, passive and manipulative behaviors,Describe consequences of each,Formulate an assertive request,Describe how it feels to risk rejection. Students Describe how human immunodeficiency virus...
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Writings on a River
Students identify words that can be used to describe Mark Twain's character Tom Sawyer. Students explore stage production of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by reading and discussing "An Older (and Calmer) Tom Sawyer". They develop their...
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Puberty/Adolescence: Am I Normal?
Students inspect psychology by answering a list of health study questions. In this puberty lesson, students identify the impact teenage years have on boys and girls. Students define a list of scientific terms and answer study questions...
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Puberty: Day 2
Young scholars investigate human health by researching sexual health facts. In this puberty activity, students identify the changes that will occur in a teenage body over the next several years and what the eventual outcome will be....
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Puberty
Students investigate life science by answering maturity questions. In this human health lesson, students identify the changes which occur during puberty and answer study questions based on sexual awareness. Students define scientific...
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True/False Quiz - Your Changing Body
In this puberty worksheet, students answer 11 true/false questions about the changes that take place during male and female puberty.
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Puberty
Students discuss the emotional and physical changes that happen to girls and boys during puberty and the time line for each. In this puberty lesson plan, students also write anonymous questions.
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The Changes of Puberty
Students study about the changes of puberty for boys and girls. In this health lesson plan, students study how the body changes during puberty and make a presentation about a significant change that can take place during puberty and how...
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The Female Reproductive Organs
Students identify the female pelvic organs, understand the changes that occur during puberty, and learn what specific organs are involved in these changes. In this biology lesson plan, students learn the path of the human egg cell during...
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Development After Birth
In this reproduction worksheet, students identify the causes which contribute to secondary sex characteristics to develop. Then they determine when the adolescent growth spurt begins and ends for girls and for boys. Students also...
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Human Reproduction
In this human reproduction worksheet, 9th graders explain why the testes are located on the outside of the body rather than the inside. Then they explain how often eggs are released in the female. Students also describe puberty.
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Planning For Student Diversity When Teaching About Puberty
Students begin their examination of the changes their body is going to go through during puberty. In groups of boys and girls, they discover their experiences during puberty are going to be very different from one another. As a class,...