Health Education Counsultation for schools, churches, and community organizations
Teaching-Learning Goals
Tier A: I Wonder How Things Work (6 lessons)
- Students will communicate with parents and other trusted adults about issues that affect them as they grow into adults.
- Students will explain how animal and human life begins.
- Students will identify the role of families in nurturing children.
- Students will describe the natural changes that occur during puberty.
- Students will advocate for respectful treatment of peers.
Tier B: I Wonder What Is Happening to Me (6 lessons)
- Students will review the natural changes that occur during puberty.
- Students will explain the anatomy and functions of the male and female reproductive systems.
- Students will recognize the importance of safeguarding the health of their reproductive system.
- Students will develop their media literacy skills for analyzing sexual messages.
Tier C: I Wonder What Happens Next (6 lessons)
- Students will plan effective ways to communicate with parents and other trusted adults during puberty.
- Students will describe fetal development from conception through birth.
- Students will examine the influence of genetics, environment, and lifestyle on health.
- Students will choose positive lifestyles to ensure their potential for healthy future childbearing.
- Students will review the physical, social, and emotional changes of puberty.
- Students will argue the benefits of delaying sexual intercourse and parenthood until adulthood and marriage.
- Students will improve communication and refusal skills to form respectful peer relationships.
Optional Lessons: More Wonders (2 lessons)
- Students will care for their skin, hair, and nails during puberty.
- Students will understand more about heredity and commit to a healthy lifestyle.
Read Why Provide Puberty Education? to see why puberty education is important.
Puberty: The Wonder Years was published March 2002 and revised in 2007. A new edition will be released in fall 2009.
