Understanding bodily changes
Puberty
What is a period of rapid (quick) growth and change between childhood and adulthood?
This causes changes in your body during puberty
What are hormones?
Sleep, eating a balanced diet, personal hygiene and talking through new feelings and thoughts.
How do we care for our bodies?
Roman Emperor Claudius
Who banned marriage because he thought married men made poor soldiers?
Pirates, Robbers, Red Indians, Bats and Moko Jumbies
What are some of the characters of early Carnival?
Hormones
What chemical substances are produced in your body during puberty?
Hair starts growing in the arms pits and pubic area, height increases rapidly, breasts develop and increase in size, bodies become curvier and hip bones widen.
What are changes in girls during puberty?
This plays an important role in good health,
helps our brain work properly,
support growth and development of the body,
helps heal and repair the heart and blood vessels,
helps us pay attention and be creative,
helps the immune system work and fight harmful substances.
Why is sleep important?
Valentine
Devils, Jab Molassies and Robbers
What were the favorite characters of the slaves?
Testosterone
Height increases rapidly, weight gain, shoulders widen, Adam's apple develops, muscles get bigger and stronger, hair starts growing on the body and face.
What are changes in boys during puberty?
A day when we show love for someone in a special way.
What is valentines day?
Carnival
what is the National Festival, now known as the greatest show on earth?
How is Carnival Celebrated?
Pretty Mas, Steel Band Competitions, Panorama, Dimanche Gras, Chutney Soca Monarch, Calypso and Soca Monarch Competitions.
Estrogen
What is the female hormone called?
Age 9 to 13 and a half years old
When does puberty start?
14th February
When is valentines day celebrated?
The French
Who influenced carnival first with concerts disguise balls, dinners and fetes?
Benefits of Carnival
What are bringing out the best of the designers, artists, wire benders and other craftsmen, employment and revenue for the country?
Height, weight and hair growth
What three changes you will notice in your body as you go through puberty?
Between 10 to 14 years old
When does the body grow and develop faster?
Giving flowers, chocolates, hugs and kisses
How do we show appreciation on valentines day?
1834
When was slavery abolished and slaves became involved in carnival?
Disadvantages of Carnival
What is the spread of diseases, increase in crime, alcohol related accidents, drunkenness and indecency?