The Council on Adolescents of Catawba County State Competency as mandated by the Department of Public Instruction of North Carolina

Program Objective

For students to understand that entering adolescence carries many physical, emotional, and social changes

Goals

• students will understand the physical changes they will experience during puberty
• male and female students will have specific information about the physical changes that take place in their bodies during puberty
• students will look forward to puberty as a positive, exciting experience
• understand the emotional changes that take place during puberty and how they may respond to these changes
• recognize that all young teens undergo these changes at different times, because of an internal, pre-set body clock
• understand food pyramid, portion sizes and servings per day and the importance of healthy eating during puberty

Daily Outline

Day 1

Pre-test
Video-“Everything you wanted to know about Puberty” (for boy/for girls)
Discussion of video
Handout “Do you eat Enough?”

Day 2

Review
Video “Feelings, Inside, Outside, Upside Down”
Discussion (changes, body image, communication, responsibility)
The Food Guide Pyramid
Post-Test