Physical Changes
This time period is the Transition from Childhood to Adulthood
What is Puberty?
A rapid change from one emotion to another.
What is a Mood Swing?
Trying to figure out who you are and how you feel about yourself is all part of discovering this.
What is your identity?
A strong attraction to another person.
What is a crush?
The number of hours of sleep that adolescents should get every night.
What is 9 or more?
These chemical messengers start the changes of puberty.
What are hormones?
The physical cause of mood swings during puberty.
What are changing hormone levels?
You might go through several of these periods or stages as you figure out your new identity.
What are phases?
This gender sometimes experiences crushes a little bit later.
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?
During puberty, adolescents try on different looks, behaviours, and ______.
Attitudes
This word describes crushes that don’t last very long.
Temporary
Doing this can help you feel less alone in dealing with your problems.
What is talking to others?
This hormone is produced in girls’ ovaries.
What is estrogen?
A feeling you might get when you are overwhelmed.
What is stress?
The name for a group of friends that you identify with.
What is a social group or friendship group?
It is common for crushes to start during this period of life.
What is puberty (or adolescence)?
Something you can do if you are feeling overwhelmed by your busy schedule.
What is cutting something out?
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?
These things that you like to do or to learn about may change as you go through puberty.
What are interests?
Crushes can involve emotional attraction or this kind of attraction.
What is physical attraction?
Using coping techniques can help you feel less of this.
What is overwhelmed?