Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.4B Grade 4 CPI 2

 

Standard: 2.4 - Human Relationships & Sexuality

 

Strand: B - Sexuality

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator:  2 -  The student discuss why puberty begins and ends at different ages for different people.

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

·       I'M GROWING - Students measure each other’s height and shoe size and graph the results. (Invite the school nurse to be a part of this project.) Repeat the measurements two more times during the school year to plot each student’s growth. Explain why some students have had a growth spurt while others have not (e.g., heredity, endocrine changes). Reassure students that everyone grows at his/her own rate.

 

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