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Human Growth and Development
Unit
Program Goals
- To promote the development of
positive attitudes about the changes of
adolescence.
- To explain the biological facts
of pubertal development and human reproduction so that
accurate information will replace
misconceptions.
- To encourage students to deal
honestly and openly with their concerns and questions
through an understanding that these feelings are
natural and shared by many of their peers.
Major
Topics
- Puberty
• Explores the major events of male and female
pubertal development and personal care.
- Menstruation
• How and why menstruation occurs.
• How young girls can manage their periods with
menstrual protection products (girls
only).
- Reproduction
• Links pubertal development with an
understanding of human reproduction.
• Male Reproductive System
• Female Reproductive System
• Fertilization
• Pregnancy (Fetal Development)
• Process of Birth
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Course
Structure
- The Human Growth and
Development Unit is integrated into the fifth grade
Health Curriculum.
- Students meet once a cycle for
Health class.
- The Human Growth and
Development Unit takes ten lessons of instructional
time.
- Lesson one, an Introduction to
Puberty will be team taught by a male and female
Health educator.
- Lessons two through four will
further explore the topic of puberty and introduce
both the male and female reproductive systems. Girls
will be taught by a female Health teacher, boys by a
male Health teacher.
- The remainder of the unit
(lessons 5 -10) will be taught coed by your child's
designated Health teacher.
- During lessons 5-10 the
reproductive systems will be reviewed and the process
of pregnancy and birth will be explored.
- A test concludes the
unit.
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Parent and Student
Information
- Permission
Slip
• Indicate choice for both units. Human Growth
and Development and Communicable Disease Unit.
• Please return by January 16th.
• Download
Permission Slip
- Opt
out
• Students opting out of the program will be
given an alternate Health assignment not related to
either the Human Growth and Development or
Communicable Disease Units.
- Worksheets
• A copy of each worksheet is available as a .PDF
document and can be downloaded.
• Answer
key to worksheets can be
downloaded.
• A packet of materials will come home just prior
to the test.
- Day of Birth
Activity
• Take home section of the test.
• Is not discussed in class.
• Download
Day of Birth Activity
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