Name:_______________________ Day:____ Period:____ Trimester: _____ PUBERTY Name:_______________________ Day:____ Period:____ Trimester: _____

PUBERTY Puberty is _________________________ _________________, turning you from a kid into an adult. Although everyone is different, puberty usually starts: Girls: ____________ Boys: ____________ Hormones are special chemicals your body makes to help it do certain things — like grow up!

MENTAL/EMOTIONAL CHANGES During puberty, you might __________ ________________________that you've never had before. You might feel overly sensitive or become upset easily. Some kids lose their tempers more often and get angry with their friends or families. You also may _______________ _________________________________ Try to remember that people usually aren't trying to hurt your feelings or upset you on purpose. It might not be your family or friends — it might be your new ________________trying to adjust.

SOCIAL CHANGES You may start to socialize with different people. ______________________________. You might feel differently towards your family, friends, and classmates.

PHYSICAL CHANGES The physical change: Grow more body hair _______________ Develop body odor 4. Gain weight 5. ________________ What to do: _________________ Wash your face ____________________ 4. Eat healthy & exercise

PHYSICAL CHANGES GIRLS _______________ Breasts develop Begin the menstrual period, or monthly cycle. BOYS ___________________ More muscular body Voice cracks then deepens

HOW TO SURVIVE PUBERTY ___________________________ Give your parents a chance. Your parents may not know how to deal with you growing up. Look for information. Use appropriate books and/or websites. ____________________ ____________________________________ Talk to somebody you can trust and who you are comfortable with

FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM The female reproductive system enables a woman to: ________________ have sexual intercourse protect and nourish the fertilized egg until it is fully developed _________________

FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM _________2 ovaries – produce, store, and release eggs—produce estrogen _____________go from the ovaries to the uterus – “highway” ________a hollow, pear shaped organ with a muscular wall – where a fetus, or baby, grows ________the lower part of the uterus that opens into the vagina ___________a tube that connects the uterus to the outside of the body. The entrance to the vagina is on the outside of the body.

FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM __________when an egg is released from an ovary into the fallopian tube – occurs once a month Fertilization: __________________________________ ________________"period" -- 2 to 7 days -- blood and tissue leave the body through the vagina Why? Each month, blood and tissue build up in the uterus to prepare for a fertilized egg in case a woman becomes pregnant. If the egg isn't fertilized, that lining leaves the body through the vagina and the girl has her _________.

MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM Unlike the female, whose sex organs are located entirely within the pelvis, the male has reproductive organs that are __________ __________________. The male genitals include: the testicles the ___________, which is made up of the epididymis and the vas deferens the _____________, which include the seminal vesicles and prostate gland the penis

MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM ______________: 2 testicles – produce sperm—produce testosterone _________where sperm is stored __________transports the sperm from the epididymis to the urethra – “highway”

MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM ________the tube that carries semen and urine out of the penis _________ is a thick fluid that contains sperm _________________secrete a thick fluid that nourishes the sperm _____________walnut‑sized gland -- produces some of the fluid in semen

MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM __________hangs under the penis and contains the testicles and epididymis – regulates the temperature of the sperm _____made of two parts -- the shaft (the main part) and the glans (the tip, sometimes called the head).