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Week No.: 3 Date: Grade 5-

Topic: Puberty
Learning Competency Code: The learners should be able to describe the changes that occur during
puberty; (S5LT- IIb-2)
21st Century Learning Skills:
Objective/s:
Given the necessary materials, the students should be able to:
1. define what puberty is;
2. identify the bodily changes that happen to adolescents during puberty; and
3. recognize the role of puberty in preparing male and female adolescents for propagation of life.

Science Process Skill/s: Comparing and Contrast, Classifying, Observing

Learning Time
Activity Materials
Guide Frame

Identify the terms being described in each statement.

1. It develops from the zygote after implantation.

2. It is produced after the union of sperm and egg
cells.
3. It is the union of sperm and egg cells.
4. It is where the sperm cell unites with the egg cell.
5. It is where the zygote implants itself for 5
Engage PPT Slide
development. minutes

Answer Key:
1. embryo
2. zygote
3. fertilization
4. fallopian tube
5. uterus

Human reproduction starts with the fertilization of egg by the sperm in the
fallopian tube to form a zygote. The zygote develops further in the uterine
PPT 5
wall and becomes an embryo. However, before all these things happen,
Slides minutes
humans must undergo puberty stage to develop the body to become
sexually mature.
What changes happen to male and female adolescents undergoing
puberty? Students
will write
Answer: their 5
Engage
answers minutes
When the female and male adolescent undergo puberty, they will notice on their
the change in their voice, some hairs will also grow in their armpits and notebook.
pubic areas, they will also notice pimples in their face.
Interactive
Puberty Interactive 30
Explore Identify physical changes that take during puberty. minutes

Unplugged Activity

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The teacher can group the class. Each group will list the changes they minutes
have noticed as they grow up. They can list separate observations for
boys and girls.

Answer to the guide questions:

1. Puberty is the time that your body begins to develop and change as
you move from child to adult.

2. Both: Pubic hair, height, pimples and change in their voice.

Girls: Development of breast and menstruation.
Boys: enlargement of testes and penis. There are also facial hair
present.

3. Because of these changes, they become more responsible in taking

care of their body. They become aware on how they will act towards
other people.

Puberty is the period when a child gradually changes into a sexually

mature individual and becomes capable of reproduction. A person going
through puberty changes is called an adolescent.

Puberty happens at different times for different children. However, PPT

30
Explain puberty normally occurs earlier in females than in males. Girls begin slides,
minutes
Realia
puberty when they reach 10 to 14 years old while boys have it between
12 to 16 years old. When a child is ready to begin puberty, the pituitary
gland in the brain releases special hormones that will signal the body to
begin the changes. For boys, the hormones will signal the testes to start
producing testosterone and sperm cells. Testosterone is the hormone
that causes most of the changes in a boy's body during puberty, and
sperm cells are needed for reproduction. For girls, the hormones will
signal the ovaries to begin egg cell maturation and to produce estrogen,
which is responsible for the changes in the girl’s body during puberty.
Egg cells need to mature for fertilization to take place.

During puberty, male and female adolescents undergo many physical

changes. One of which is the growth spurt. The height and weight
increase very rapidly during puberty and adolescents continue to grow
for about 2 to 3 years until they almost reach their adult height. However,
at the end of the puberty stage, the boys tend to become taller than girls.

Both boys and girls also begin to grow hair in the armpits and in their
pubic areas. At first, the hair is thin and light. However, as they go

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 through puberty, the hair becomes longer, thicker, curlier, and darker.
Hair in the legs, arms, and chest also become longer and thicker.

Another is the appearance of pimples or acne. Pimples usually appear in

the face especially in the forehead area because the skin naturally
becomes more oily or greasy as they change.

There are other changes that happen only to male adolescents. One of
the very first things that happen to boys on the onset of puberty is the
enlargement of the testes and penis. Their muscles also develop and
grow bigger, their shoulders broaden, their voice deepens, and facial hair
starts to grow.

For girls, the first sign of puberty is the development of breast. Then,
menarche or the first menstruation occurs, and their body becomes
curvier and their hips become wider.

PPT 10
Slides minutes

1. Why do adolescents undergo puberty stage?

- These are changes that they can see that are not present when
they are not a child. This denotes that they are now growing.
Elaborate
2. How do males develop differently from females during puberty?
- - One of the very first things that happen to boys on the onset of
puberty is the enlargement of the testes and penis. Their muscles

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 also develop and grow bigger, their shoulders broaden, their
voice deepens, and facial hair starts to grow.

3. How does the brain control puberty changes?

- The pituitary gland in the brain releases special hormones that
will signal the body to begin the changes.
Every part of our body is important. We need to be aware on how to take
care of it. When we are undergoing puberty this means that we are no
Elaborate longer a child, we are now on the trasition of adulthood. Which means 5 mins
more repsonsibilities are waiting for us. One of those is how to properly
behave and take care of our body.

A. Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. Which hormone causes the changes in a boy’s body during

puberty?
A. adrenaline
B. estrogen
C. progesterone
D. testosterone

2. Which of the following is NOT true about puberty?

A. A child undergoing puberty becomes sexually mature.
B. The body is being prepared for reproduction
during puberty.
C. Males do not undergo puberty because they do not
menstruate.
D. The female’s body undergoes many physical changes
during puberty.

3. Which of the following does NOT happen during puberty? Student

A. growth spurt Handout, 30
Evaluate
B. growth of pubic hair PPT minutes
C. appearance of acne Slides
D. appearance of wisdom teeth

4. What gland in the brain signals the body to begin the changes
brought about by puberty?
A. pituitary
B. puberty
C. salivary
D. sweat

5. What does enlargement of a girl’s breasts indicate?

A. The girl is sick.
B. The girl is already mature.
C. The girl has started puberty.
D. The girl is gaining too much weight.

B. Identify which of these changes happen to boys only, to girls only,

or to both.

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 BOYS GIRLS BOTH PUBERTY CHANGES
1. body becomes curvier
2. facial hair develops
3. growth spurt
4. pubic hair appears
5. shoulders become broader

C. Identify what is being asked in each statement.

1. It is the part of the brain that is reponsible in excreting

growth hormone.
2. The hormones that is produced by the ovary.
3. It is the hormones that is also known as male hormone.
4. When your face is too oily, it can cause .
5. It is laso known as the first menstruation.

Answer Key:

Part A
1. D
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. C

Part B

BOYS GIRLS BOTH PUBERTY CHANGES

 1. body becomes curvier
 2. facial hair develops
 3. growth spurt
 4. pubic hair appears
 5. shoulders become broader

Part C

1. Pituitary gland
2. estrogen
3. testosterone
4. pimple
5. menarche

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