Unit 4: Reproduction

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Unit 4: Reproduction

§1 Puberty

This lesson

Which sexual characteristics are there?

What are the physical changes?

What are the psychological changes?

Female characteristics?

Male characteristics?

Primary characteristics (when born)

Men

Penis

Scrotum

Testicles

Women

Vagina

Labia

Clitoris

Secondary characteristics 

(in puberty)

Men and women

More body hair

Growth

Functioning genitalia

Men

More muscles

Lower voice

Beard/chest hair

Women

Breasts

Broad hips

Insight: Why do women have broader hips when grown up?

Primary characteristics

Secondary characteristics

(woman)

Secondary characteristics

(man)

Physical change

Generally

girls develop earlier than boys

but

development varies greatly among individuals

What emotional changes happen during puberty?

Make §4.1 assignment 1, 6 & 7