JACB - 8 - Science :: Towards Adolescence
Go To: JACB-Sci-Grade 8
Course Content / Subtopic list:
- Adolescence
- Teens and teenagers
- Puberty
- Changes takes place during puberty - increase in height , physical changes in body shape , changes in voice , Adam's Apple , increased activity of sweat and sebaceous gland , reproductive organs begin to mature , appearance of secondary sexual characteristics
- Hormones , reproductive hormones - testosterone and estrogen
- Reproductive age of humans
- Menstruation , menarche , menopause , use of sanitary pads or clothes
- Sex determination
- Different glands - pituitary , testicular , ovary , thyroid , adrenal , pancreatic glands
- Metamorphosis
- Importance of hormones in the life cycle of insects
- Nutritive diet needs during adolescence
- Personal cleanliness
- Physical exercises
- Prohibition or ban on drugs
- HIV (AIDS)
Expected Learning Outcome:
SWBAT-
- Define adolescence
- Define puberty
- Explain the changes that takes during puberty
- Define hormones , state functions of different hormones
- Define menstruation, menarche and menopause
- Analyze and explain the process of sex - determination
- Identify various glands and their functions
- Explain how the hormones affect the life cycle of insects , need of personal cleanliness and hygiene
- Discuss the need of physical exercises
- Identify the symptoms and causes of HIV( AIDS)
Videos
[Author - Kripa S]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6mTwjT8tsM (adolescence)
Images
[Author - Anu Nived]
http://motherchildnutrition.org/malnutrition/images/goitre.jpg (goitre)
http://img1.mnimgs.com/img/study_content/curr/1/10/10/153/869/Chapter%209_html_m460d71a7.jpg (sex determination)
http://www.healthworry.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/smoking-kills.jpg (smoking hazards)
Activities
[Author - Kripa S]
1. Make a list of junk food items (chips, coke, oily food items, etc) that you generally eat. Conduct a poll to check how many of your friends eat the same items. Discuss whether eating such food items are good for health. What effects they have on our body
2. Share your views on the marriageable age for boys and girls being 21 and 18. Why is marriage not considered leagal below this age?
Worksheets
[Contributor - Garima]
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vv5ozH8vr2AmARGTr055XeQchpwshJ4N (Worksheet 1)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=105dUKnO19mBdD6NrgEhBpOVRNkUZ9gh2 (Worksheet 2)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ob1v_qG9xwRv0gQxtgUp1K45GofIZFQm (Worksheet 3)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1aJoRganqX4ANypCdbus5ht4De5IH4zXV (Worksheet 4)
Worksheets [Version 2021]
https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/prod.evidyaloka.org/couse_documents/worksheet/JACB/Science/T+3062_ST+6709_V1.pdf (worksheet 1)
https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/prod.evidyaloka.org/couse_documents/worksheet/JACB/Science/T+3062_ST+6710_V1.pdf (worksheet 2)
https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/prod.evidyaloka.org/couse_documents/worksheet/JACB/Science/T+3062_ST+6711_V1.pdf (worksheet 3)
https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/prod.evidyaloka.org/couse_documents/worksheet/JACB/Science/T+3062_ST+6712_V1.pdf (worksheet 4)
Answerkeys [Version 2021]
https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/prod.evidyaloka.org/couse_documents/answer_keys/JACB/Science/T+3062_ST+6709_V1.pdf (Answerkey 1)
https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/prod.evidyaloka.org/couse_documents/answer_keys/JACB/Science/T+3062_ST+6710_V1.pdf (Answerkey 2)
https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/prod.evidyaloka.org/couse_documents/answer_keys/JACB/Science/T+3062_ST+6711_V1.pdf (Answerkey 3)
https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/prod.evidyaloka.org/couse_documents/answer_keys/JACB/Science/T+3062_ST+6712_V1.pdf (Answerkey 4)
Worksheets [Version 2021]
https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/prod.evidyaloka.org/couse_documents/worksheet/JACB/Science/T+3062_ST+6709_V1.pdf (worksheet 1)
https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/prod.evidyaloka.org/couse_documents/worksheet/JACB/Science/T+3062_ST+6710_V1.pdf (worksheet 2)
https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/prod.evidyaloka.org/couse_documents/worksheet/JACB/Science/T+3062_ST+6711_V1.pdf (worksheet 3)
https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/prod.evidyaloka.org/couse_documents/worksheet/JACB/Science/T+3062_ST+6712_V1.pdf (worksheet 4)
Answerkeys [Version 2021]
https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/prod.evidyaloka.org/couse_documents/answer_keys/JACB/Science/T+3062_ST+6709_V1.pdf (Answerkey 1)
https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/prod.evidyaloka.org/couse_documents/answer_keys/JACB/Science/T+3062_ST+6710_V1.pdf (Answerkey 2)
https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/prod.evidyaloka.org/couse_documents/answer_keys/JACB/Science/T+3062_ST+6711_V1.pdf (Answerkey 3)
https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/prod.evidyaloka.org/couse_documents/answer_keys/JACB/Science/T+3062_ST+6712_V1.pdf (Answerkey 4)
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