Curated OER
Kids Health: What's the Right Weight for My Height?
Finding out your correct weight is difficult because everyone's body type is different. This site addresses that concern and answers questions that surround this issue. Links to related sites are also offered.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Adolescence Terminology Review
Learn the terms associated with adolescence with this ten-question review game.
Frontiers Media
Frontiers: Drama in a Teenage Brain
The lives of teenagers are different from the lives of children. This period of life - adolescence - is a time of both social and biological change. Social lives become more complex during adolescence, and the teenage years are when we...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Puberty and Adolescence
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Puberty is the stage of life when a child becomes sexually mature. Puberty lasts from about 12 to 18 years of age in boys and from about 10 to 16 years of age in...
Healthline Media
Medical News Today: What Is Puberty?
Discover what puberty is and the difference between early puberty and late puberty in this informative article from Medical News Today. Learn what happens during girl's and boy's puberty, what causes it, and treatment options.
Other
Teenage Growth and Development: 15 17
As a teen approaches adulthood, a sense of autonomy has replaced some of the feelings of insecurity associated with physical development. This article looks at some of these new developments and provides parents with tips on how to...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Your Body: Body Smartz!
Information and advice about puberty, with answers to questions about what changes on the inside and what changes on the outside.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: All About Puberty
What is puberty, anyway? Read all about it in this article for kids.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Growth Disorders
Everyone grows and matures differently. A growth disorder, however, means that a kid is either growing a lot slower or a lot faster than other kids the same age.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Puberty for Girls
Girls have lots of questions about puberty and growing up. Here you can find all the answers.
About Kids Health
About Kids Health: Pre Teen Learning Hub
As your child enters the pre-teen years, they have more opportunities to express their independence. Find out how to support their mental health, monitor their nutrition, prepare for puberty and handle influences from the media.
WebMD
Web Md: Klinefelter's Syndrome
This site from WebMD Health is a very informative approach to klinefelter's syndrome. It has a fairly in-depth topic overview, then discusses symptoms, exams, treatment, home care and other places to get help.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy and Physiology: Male and Female Reproductive Development
Find out about the development and hormonal changes associated with reproductive development for both males and females.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.74 Puberty and Adolescence
Learn the characteristics of puberty and adolescence in humans.
Virginia Tech
Virginia Cooperative Extension: Publications: Adolescent Growth and Development
During adolescence, teens begin to change physically, cognitively, and psychosocially in preparation for adulthood. Comprehensive article, aimed primarily at an adult readership, describes how adolescents develop.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Five Things Girls Want to Know About Periods
Featured are five questions girls might ask about their periods and the important answers to them.