- Discuss how external adult features change during puberty,
eg breasts, wider hips, facial and body hair, voice changes, stronger body smell. Explain that circulating hormones cause the development of secondary sexual characteristics and reproductive organs.
- Challenge the pupils to provide evidence about whether emotional maturation during adolescence proceeds at the same rate as physical maturation in puberty,
eg by selecting or modifying personal problems from a teenage magazine or by creating stories about secondary sexual characteristics or emotional maturation. Ask pupils to discuss scenarios in groups and then produce and present a reply to the rest of the class.
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- recognise that reproductive organs mature during puberty as a consequence of growth and circulating hormones
- describe the observable changes of puberty in males and females,
eg breasts, more body hair, different body shape
- provide examples of how physical and emotional development proceed at different rates
- share information and discuss ideas
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