Physical Changes
This time period is the transition from childhood to adulthood. (Hint - it is the name of this game!)
What is Puberty?
A rapid change from one emotion to another.
What is a mood swing?
This group gives us messages that we need to look a certain way to be happy.
What is the media?
What is a crush?
A strong attraction to another person.
The number of hours of sleep that adolescents should get every night.
What is 9 or more hours?
These chemical messengers start the changes of puberty.
What are hormones?
The physical cause of mood swings during puberty.
What are changing hormone levels?
True or False? The most important thing about our bodies is what they look like.
False. The most important thin about our bodies is what the can do!!
This gender sometimes experiences crushes a little bit later.
What are boys?
Avoiding fast foods and junk food to fill you up.
What is eating healthy?
This hormone starts the changes of puberty in boys.
What is testosterone?
A strong feeling or mental state.
What is an emotion?
A book about a girl who wants to dance but is told she does not fit the type.
What is Big?
The word that describes crushes that don't last very long.
What is temporary?
Doing this can help feel less alone in dealing with your problem.
What is talking to others?
This hormone is produced in the ovaries.
What is estrogen?
A feeling you might get when you are overwhelmed.
What is stress?
True or False? How people make you feel helps the brain decide what is beautiful.
True.
It is common for crushes to start during this stage of life.
What is puberty (or adolescence)?
Something you can do if you are feeling overwhelmed by all the mixed messages of your friends.
What is talk to your parents?
This system is made up of glands that release hormones into the bloodstream.
What is the endocrine system?
During this period of life, kids sometimes feel like their parents don't understand them.
What is adolescence?
True or False? Healthy bodies can be different shapes and sizes.
True. (But they cannot be squares!)
True or False. Crushes are a completely normal part of growing up and they do not mean that you are going to marry that person.
True.
Using coping techniques like intentional breathing can help you feel less of this.
What is overwhelmed or stressed?