1. What happens during the puberty and adolescence?
12 April 2019
What happens during the puberty and adolescence?
Key terms: sex hormone & menstrual cycle
All:
I can identify parts of the body that chance in males and females during puberty.
Most:
I can explain the purpose of the menstrual cycle.
Some:
I can explain why acne may become a problem during puberty.
Nucleus , fertilisation, egg, sperm
Starter: What happens during puberty? Annotate your diagram.

2. TASK: Growing up M – diagram I – individually N – quietly T – 15 mins
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Add 2 changes that happen to each category.
Add 3 changes that happen in each category.
Add 4 changes that happen in each category.
Extension: Explain what causes these changes in children.

3. What happens during puberty?
Boys
Girls
voice breaks
breast develop
shoulders get wider
hips get wider
hair grows on face and chest
menstruation starts
testes and penis get bigger
ovaries start to release egg cells
testes start to make sperm
Both
get taller
pubic hair grows
underarm hair grows
emotions change

4. Challenge question: What might trigger these changes?
Sex hormones are released by the brain, ovaries and testes.
They cause both physical and emotional changes to both males and females.
The time when these changes take place is known as adolescence.
Sex hormones are released by the brain, ovaries and testes.
They cause both physical and emotional changes to both males and females.
The time when these changes take place is known as adolescence.

5. Key definitions:
Sex hormones: Natural chemicals released in the body that control the menstrual cycle and puberty. Adolescence: A time where physical and emotional changes occur in teenagers. Menstruation: When the lining of the uterus and a little blood pass out of the vagina as part of the menstrual cycle.

6. TASK: The menstrual cycle
M – info cards
I – individually
N – quietly
T – 8 mins
Use the fact sheets around the room to fill in your cycle outline.
Remember to only write key information. Do not copy each fact sheet word for word!
Human flow chart review – pick a student to start, move across the class switching up which row you take a response from.

7. All: Most: Some: Confidence Check Not confident In between
Super confident
All:
I can identify parts of the body that chance in males and females during puberty.
Most:
I can explain the purpose of the menstrual cycle.
Assess pupils by asking them to express their confidence in their achievement from 1-5 for the lesson aims.
Some:
I can explain why acne may become a problem during puberty.

8. Plenary: Something to tweet about?
Write a 140 character tweet about the something interesting or new you have learnt in this topic.
#scienceisamazing

9. REVIEW DIRT – make amendments to your assessment.
Make a revision aid using the summary sheet:
Mind map
Learning poster
Key cards
Write your own quiz
Rewrite a pop song