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Transformation Information e-Learning Kit ^SM

Lesson Title: 
Introduction to Transformation Information 101

Lesson Description: 
This teacher-led activity is designed to help students understand that the brain is the control center of the body.  The Coach will be leading the students through descriptions of some of the different changes that start to happen in males and females when puberty begins, as well as the hormones that are involved in those changes.

 

Grade Level: 
5, 6

Instruction Phase/Abstraction Level: 
Input, Modeling, Knowledge, Comprehension

Duration: 
Approximately 5 minutes to view introduction

Delivery Method:
Educator-led in class activity or Individual

Materials:

1. LearntobeHealthy.org Membership. Join Now for FREE!
2. Computer, mouse, and large screen LCD/digital projector with link to the internet
3. Projector screen for front of classroom

Management: 

• For this educator-led activity, students will be working in one large group or in two to three smaller groups to watch the activity on the projection screen in the front of the classroom. 
• The educator will need to reserve and/or acquire a lap top computer, computer-based LCD/digital projector and projection screen in advance of this activity. Please be aware some lesson activities before and following this one also require use of this same equipment. If needed, please adjust equipment reservation time accordingly.
• This activity is meant to be an introduction to the topics that will be covered throughout the kit available at LearntobeHealthy.org.  This will just be a basic introduction to some of the changes and why they happen, with a special emphasis on the maturity of the student.

Lesson Objectives/Links to Curriculum Standards:

1. Describe the sequence of physical changes from infancy through adolescence
2. Define puberty
3. Describe the adolescent stage of life
4. Describe the major physical and emotional changes that occur as young people approach puberty
5. Explain the rate of individual development
6. Explain the function of the pituitary gland and why it is referred to as a “biological clock”
7. Explain what hormones are and the role they play in development

PA State Standards: 10.1.6A, B                   
http://www.pde.state.pa.us/stateboard_ed/lib/stateboard_ed/SandyHealth.pdf
NHES:  1, 3 http://www.mcrel.org/compendium/Standard.asp?SubjectID=17

Anticipatory Set:
This activity is intended to be an introduction to the Coach and the topic of puberty; therefore it serves well as the first activity in the e-Learning Kit, after the Pre-Test available on LearntobeHealthy.org.  Review with students what the introduction to the Transformation Information 101 activity will cover and entail.

Relate student experiences to the objectives of the lesson by asking the following kinds of questions:

• What kinds of things do you think will happen to you during puberty?
• Is the reproductive system the only thing that changes during puberty?
• Are any of you beginning to experience some of the changes of puberty?

TEACHING - INPUT: 
Lesson Terms:

1. Adolescence is the stage of the life cycle between the ages of 11 and 21.
2. The female hormone that produces secondary sexual characteristics and affects the menstrual cycle is called estrogen.
3. Hormones are special chemicals made by the body that cause changes.
4. The hypothalamus is a small area of the brain that helps control the reproductive functions as well as many other important bodily functions.
5. The pituitary gland is a pea sized gland found at the base of the brain.  It is called the master gland or control gland because the hormones it produces control the other endocrine glands.
6. Progesterone is the female hormone that prepares the lining of the uterus for a fertilized egg.
7. Puberty is the time in life when boys and girls become physically capable of producing offspring.
8. Testosterone is the male hormone released into the bloodstream from the testes that causes the male secondary sex characteristics to develop during puberty.

Teaching - Modeling/Checking for Understanding:

• Students will gather as one large group or two-three smaller groups to watch the activity as it is projected onto the large screen in the classroom.  Once the activity is launched, the Coach will appear and introduce the students to Transformation Information 101.
• The activity begins with the Coach entering the Transformation Information 101 classroom and giving a brief overview of some of the changes that begin to happen during puberty.
• Before the Coach introduces the classroom, he will make note of the maturity level needed for the students to be able to complete this activity. 
• The Coach will then introduce three characters to the students: Ella Estrogen, Paula Progesterone, and Ted Testosterone.
• He will explain that these hormones are the ones that are responsible for the changes that happen in males and females.

Potential questions to pose to check for understanding:

What is the main male hormone?
What is the main female hormone?
Where do these hormones originate?
Do these hormones cause the exact same changes in both males and females?
Will adolescence be the same for everyone? 

Closure:

• Once the introduction is complete, the instructor may move onto the specific changes that happen to males and females.  These activities are called “Boys to Men – Body Changes” (If the instructor only wants male information), and “Becoming a Woman” (If the instructor only wants female information).
• If the instructor (or school district) feels that it is appropriate for both male and female information to be shown together, the activity called “Combined Program – Boys & Girls” will show both sets of information.
• Each of these activities will have an individual lesson plan, located in the Recommended Sequence of Activities.
• Students can log on to LearntobeHealthy.org for further health education activities and games.

Lesson Learning Points/Guiding Questions:

1. There are many similarities and differences in the sequence of puberty from infancy through adolescence between males and females.
   • What changes are specific to males?
   • What changes are specific to females?
   • What changes are specific to both males and females?
2. Puberty is defined as the time in life when boys and girls become physically capable of producing offspring.
   • When does this happen in girls?
   • When does this happen in boys?
   • Will everyone go through it in the same way?
3. Adolescence is the stage of the life cycle between the ages of 11 and 21.
   • When does adolescence happen?
   • Will it happen at the same time for everyone?
   • Where does puberty fit into adolescence?
4. There are many physical and emotional changes that occur for both males and females as puberty approaches.
   • What are some examples of emotional changes in males?
   • What are some examples of physical changes in males?
   • What are some examples of emotional changes in females?
   • What are some examples of physical changes in females?
5. The rate of individual development varies from person to person.
   • Will everyone be the same?
   • What kinds of things will be different?
   • What if I am first?  Last?
6. The pituitary gland is a pea sized gland found at the base of the brain.  It is called the “biological clock”, “master gland” or “control gland” because the hormones it produces control the other endocrine glands, thus controlling when puberty starts as well as the rate of development.
   • Where is the pituitary gland?
   • How big is it?
   • What is its job?
7. Hormones are special chemicals made by the body that cause changes.
   • Which hormones are specific to males?
   • Which hormones are specific to females?
   • Do males have any estrogen in their bodies?
   • Do females have any testosterone in their bodies?

Independent Practice/Lesson Assessment:
After completing this lesson, the students should be able to show knowledge of the following aspects of puberty through their completion of the introduction to Transformation Information 101.

• Students should be able to describe the sequence of physical changes from infancy through adolescence.
• Students should be able to define puberty.
• Students should be able to describe the adolescent stage of life.
• Students should be able to describe the major physical and emotional changes that occur as young people approach puberty.
• Students should be able to explain the rate of individual development.
• Students should be able to explain the function of the pituitary gland and why it is referred to as a “biological clock”.
• Students should be able to explain what hormones are and the role they play in development.

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