Science 5

Quarter 2 - Module 2
Changes That Occur During Puberty

Lesson

2 Changes that Occur During Puberty

What’s In

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Arrange the following jumbled words and write it in the column where they belong.
Make a heading that best suits the group.

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What’s New

Get photos of your mother and father or older brother and sister when they are
young. Study their photos and answer the following questions.
1. Do they look the same from the time when they were younger?

2. Record the changes that you have observed from their physical appearance
when they are younger, compared to their appearance now. Write your
answer on your activity notebook.

Please paste the Please paste the

picture here or in picture here or in
your activity your activity
notebook notebook

Father/Brother Mother/Sister
_________________________ ____________________
_________________________ ____________________
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_________________________ ____________________

What Is It

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 People grow and experience changes in their body over time. You were just small
when you were born. You grew a little bigger when you were in kindergarten. Now that you
are already in fifth grade, you have grown taller and bigger. You have changed a lot.

You will continue to experience changes in your body as you get older. Why are
these changes happening? What importance of these changes?

Puberty is a stage characterized by rapid developmental changes. Changes start to

happen to young boys whose age ranges from 12 t 14 years old. Girls, on the other hand,
start to experience puberty earlier. They begin to observe changes when they are 10 to 12
years old. These changes are caused by sex hormones from their ovaries and testes. Puberty
occurs during adolescence. Girls start to grow into women and boys into men. Puberty is
the period when the reproductive organs begin to mature. Menstruation in girls and sperm
production in boys starts during this period.

Many of the changes that occur in your body during puberty are due t certain
hormones that are released by your pituitary gland. One of these hormones is the growth
hormone. The growth hormone influences an adolescent’s body to suddenly grow very
rapidly within one or two years. This period of rapid growth called growth spurt often
causes an adolescent to feel tired and uncoordinated.

Other pituitary hormones cause the reproductive cause the reproductive organs to
release sex hormones. These newly released pituitary and sex hormones bring about the
physical changes in our body.

Each person has different growth rate. Your growth spurt may begin earlier than
your classmates. Some many begin later than the rest of the class. Period s of growth also
differs among individuals. Some may longer or shorter than others.

Look at some of your classmates on the first day of classes right after summer
break. Observe that they have not just growth taller and bigger. Do you see any changes in
their body or faces? Do you also notice these changes in your body.

Physical changes are also caused by sex hormones. These changes are called
secondary sex characteristics. Which of the secondary sex characteristics do you have now?
Which have not yet developed.

Just like the growth spurt, physical body changes also differ from one person to
another. A person’s body hair may grow abundantly. Others may have less body hair. Some
girls develop larger breast or broader hips. Breast of some girls may be smaller but their hips
are broader. These changes are influenced by the traits each person receives from his/her
parents.

Adulthood begins at about age 20. At this age, all body systems have become fully mature and full
height has been reached.

Boys Girls
 Adam’s apple becomes bigger  Breast start to grow bigger
 Voice may crack or break at  Hips become rounded and
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 certain times wider
 Muscle develop  Pubic hair starts to appear
 Shoulders become broader  Reproductive organs develop
 Pubic, underarm, and facial  Growth spurt
hair start to appear At this age, girls may tart
 Reproductive organs develop having menstrual flow
 Growth spurts
At this age, boys should
consider being circumcised to
keep their external genitals
clean.

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 What I Have Learned

Read the information below. If you experience the change at your age
now, put check under the appropriate column. Then identify which among
these changes may happen to both male and female.

Changes Being Male Female

Experienced
Broadening of hips
Enlargement of breast
Growth of Adam’s apple
Growth of pubic and
underarm hair
Change in voice quality
Bodies become more
curvy
Weight gain
Muscles grow bigger and
stronger
Developing breast
Mixed up feelings and
mood changes