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1. SEX

2. Class One

4.  Sex is often used to catch people’s
attention. Why?
 What makes it such an interesting
word?

5. Why is it important to talk about sex?
 By grade 12, 58% of students in Nova Scotia have
engaged in sexual intercourse
 Of those students,
-37% had more than one sexual partner in the
previous year
-36% had not used a condom
-66% had unplanned sexual intercourse
-35% were under the influence of alcohol or drugs
when they had intercourse
-youth between the ages of 15-24 have the highest
rates of sexually transmitted infections
-at least 1 in 9 Canadian high school students has
already been involved in an abusive relationship

6. You need to make good decisions about
your sexual health. To do this, you need
information…
In the upcoming weeks of PDR, you will
receive this information. We will cover the
following outcomes:

7.  preventing sexually transmitted diseases
 preventing HIV/AIDS
 demonstrate self-knowledge, self-respect, and
assertiveness in sexual decision making
 risks and related precautions of being sexually active
 options and consequences related to teen pregnancy
 identify personal, social, and cultural influences related
to sexual identity and decision making
 demonstrate acceptance of, and appreciation for, their
own and others sexual orientation
 demonstrate empathy toward people living with
HIV/AIDS

8.  What do you remember learning
last year?
 What do you want to learn this
year?
**(handout)

9. The Vocabulary of Sex
 A-Ex: adolescence, adult, acne
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 C-
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 G-
 H-

10.  I-
 J-
 K-
 L-
 M-
 N-
 0-
 P-
 R-
 S-
 T-
 U-

11. Ground rules…
Talking about sex and puberty can be
embarrassing, so…
 Questions are encouraged (especially to
the question box anonymously)
 All points of view are valuable. No
preaching or putting down someone else’s
values or ideas.
 Use proper terms
 It is ok to be embarrassed. Everyone has
the right to “pass” on answering
questions aloud.

12.  Sexuality includes not only biology
and science but also social,
emotional and behavioral aspects.
Learning about sex involves ALL of
these things.

13. Adolescence
 What does adolescence mean?
-becoming an adult.
-moving from the thoughts, feelings, body,
and relationships of a child to that of an
adult.
-can begin as early as 9 years old.
Girls=usually 9-16
Boys=usually 10-16
**everyone changes at his/her own rate.

14. Puberty
 What is Puberty?
 -when our body changes physically
and mentally from being that of a
child to that of an adult.
 Reproductive organs begin to work
like those of an adult
 We start to look, think, and feel in
new and different ways.

15. Changes during puberty
 Takes many years to finish
developing
 Most people tend to hit puberty
around the ages of 11-14.
 Girls tend to go through puberty
earlier than boys
 Everyone grows at different rates

16. Boys-rate of puberty
**Changes during Puberty- (on looseleaf)

17. Changes During Puberty
Name: ______________
Date: _______________
Make a list of as many changes that you think occur during Puberty.
1) ___________________________
2) ___________________________
3) ___________________________
4) ___________________________
5) ___________________________
6) ___________________________
7) ___________________________
8) ___________________________
9) ___________________________
10) ___________________________
11) ___________________________
12) ___________________________

18. Changes that occur…
Physical
Growth spurt
Hair growth
Boys-muscular
Girls-breast
development,
changes in shape,
menstruation
Emotional
Relationships with
parents
Relationships with
friends
Romantic
relationships
Peer pressure
Approval of others
Behavioral
Ability to think and
learn about new
topics
Ability to debate
issues in more
sophisticated way
Trying to form an
identity
Dating
More
responsibilities
Driving
Sense of
responsibility for
one’s actions

19. Visible changes that occur during
Puberty…
Girls Boys
Breast development
Height and weight increase
Hips broaden
Armpit hair, pubic hair, hair on legs and
arms
Acne
Genitals grow larger and darker
perspiration
Adam’s apple will begin to show
Shoulders and chest broaden
Muscles become bigger
Hair on face will appear
Body hair appears
acne
Testicles grow a little larger
Penis grows longer and wider
Breasts develop
Weight gain
perspiration

20. Hormones
 What are hormones?
 chemicals in our body that travel in
the blood. Different parts of our
body communicate with one another
by releasing hormones into the
blood, telling other parts of the
body to do something.
 There are different types. Ex: stress
hormones, sex hormones

21.  Puberty starts when the
brain sends messages
(hormones) to the ovaries or
the testicles.
 These hormones tell the
testicles to begin making
testosterone and the ovaries
to make estrogen.
 These sex hormones send
messages to certain parts of
your body to tell them to
grow and change during
puberty.
 Hormones indirectly affect
the way we feel and thus
how we behave. (How they
do it is not well understood.)
Brain (Pituitary Gland)
Ovaries Testicles
Hormones
(estrogen, progesterone)
Hormones
(testosterone)

22. Class Two

23. Female Reproductive System
 Women have 2 ovaries
 The ovaries are where egg cells are stored
and
where they mature
 Women are born with ALL the egg cells
(OVA) they
have during their lifetime.
The mature egg is swept into the FALLOPIAN
TUBES
down to the UTERUS. This is where the
fertilized
egg stays and grows In case of pregnancy.
The FETUS (fertilized egg) or the non-fertilized
egg leaves the body through the VAGINA.

25.  In general, one egg becomes mature each
month accompanied by the thickening of
the tissues in the uterus as induced by
the female hormones.
 When the egg is not fertilized and thus no
pregnancy occurs, the mature egg and
the broken-up thickened lining are
sloughed off, and thus the bleeding. This
is known as MENSTRUATION (having a
period).
 A woman’s period lasts about 3-7 days.

26. Male Reproductive System

With puberty brings the capacity to produce sperm
The TESTES or TESTICLES are the organs that produce
sperm cells.
The TESTICLES sit in a pouch of
skin called the SCROTUM.
As sperm cells travel down the tubes,
a milky fluid is added by the prostate
gland to provide nutrition and mobility
for the sperm-this is called SEMEN.
The SEMEN then travels through a tube in the penis.
When the SEMEN is released from the body it is called
EJACULATION.

27. Factors that influence good health
 3 meals a day
 Moderate exercise 2-3
times a week
 Adequate sleep
 Not smoking
 Healthy weight

28. **introduction to puberty Review
Questions(handout)