TNSB - 8 - Science :: Reaching the age of Adolescence

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Course Content / Subtopic list:

Adolescence and Puberty
Secondary Sex Characteristics
Secondary Sex Characteristics of Girls
Role of Hormones in Reproduction
Reproductive phase of life in Human
Menstrual Cycle
Reproductive Health
Nutritional needs of Adolescents
Personal hygiene for adolescents

Expected Learning Outcome:

SWBAT-

Define an adolescence
Differentiate the secondary sexual characteristics of boys and girls
Explain the reproductive phases of life in human
Describe the role of hormones in reproduction

English Medium

English medium textbook

Tamil Medium

Tamil medium textbook

Lesson Plan

[Contributor - Farheen Farzana]

Dear Volunteer,

Please find below the detailed lesson plan and PPT for this chapter in the language mentioned against the respective link. While the lesson plan will give an overall flow of the lesson, the PPT will include lesson flow as well as the presentations for the class.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=10Oy-AvfhBnQz367TAa5FkDdzV4IQD5jX (Lesson Plan - English)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1q4qexvVm_7b-9a2uMi3K-3_mBzQ0flxc (PPT - Tamil)

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Videos

[Contributor - Kripa S]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsXpXGzOOFc&list=PLwkByH6ZbLwKiayKJqsHGgWuHlq5tZO-t (English - Introduction to Adolescence)

[Contributor - Farheen Farza]

Lesson Plan version 1.1 videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlfsGKDoVIQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8PyEVacaVA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4cuIfgMsNs (Hypothalamus and pituitary glands in endocrine system)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJI11Fj4jYs (Endocrine glands)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0oYfNTlz4E (Reproductive phases)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEpTTolebqo (Cancer)

Images

[Contributor - Anu Nived]

http://www.healthline.com/hlcmsresource/images/topic_centers/BeautyandSkinCare/766x415_How_to_Treat_a_Hard_Pimple.jpg (pimples)

http://motherchildnutrition.org/malnutrition/images/goitre.jpg (goitre)

http://www.healthworry.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/smoking-kills.jpg (smoking hazards)

[Contributor - Farheen Farzana]

Lesson plan version 1.1 images

https://www.inspiremalibu.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/functional-brain-changes-side.jpg

https://d14rmgtrwzf5a.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/soa_brainrecovery2.gif

https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-b53d3b7efb3b8d5fd529fa72ffda43ab (Smokers lung)

Activities

[Contributor - 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?

[Contributor - Farheen Farzana]

Lesson plan version 1.1 activites

1. After the lesson on sex determination, have a discussion on how the gender biased society points at the mother for the birth of a girl baby. Ask the students for their views.

2. 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 do they have on our body?

3. Collect pictures of different types of cancer and show it to the students. Ask them to identify the types.

4. Divide the class into two teams. Let them have a debate of whether the marriageable age for men and women is appropriate or not.

Additional Aids

[Contributor - Gayathri Arun]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzNF2YyqQxJ-aDJVUmhRaFlWN1k

[Contributor - Farheen Farzana]

Lesson plan version 1.1 PPT

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1q4qexvVm_7b-9a2uMi3K-3_mBzQ0flxc

Transliteration

[Contributor - Gayathri Arun]

Term	Transliterated Term	Translated Term
hormone	ஹார்மோன்	இயக்குநீர், அகச்சுரப்பு, இசைமம்
emotion	எமோஷன்	உணர்ச்சி
intellectual	இன்டெலக்சுவல்	அறிவாற்றலுள்ள
produce	ப்ரொடியூஸ்	விளைவி, உண்டாக்கு
secretion	செக் கிரேஷன்	சுரத்தல்
personal	பர்சனல்	தனிப்பட்ட, சொந்த
hygiene	ஹைஜீன்	துப்புரவு
provocative	ப்ரொவோகேட்டிவ்	சினம்தூண்டும்
constrict	கான்ஸ்டரிக்ட்	குறுக்கு, சுருக்கு
dormant	டார்மண்ட்	செயலற்ற, இயக்கமற்ற, உறங்கும்
digetsible	டை ஜிஸ்டிபில்	செரிக்கக்கூடிய
enzymes	என்ஸய்ம்	நொதி
tumour	ட்யூமர்	கட்டி, புற்றுக்கட்டி, கழலை