SciShow
You Went Through Puberty as a Baby
We all remember the woes and trials of our adolescence. But what you may not have realized is that your middle-school bout with surging hormone's wasn't the first time you went through a sort of puberty. From surging hormones to hair...
Mazz Media
Puberty for Boys: Top Ten Things to Expect
Puberty for Boys and Girls: Top Ten Things to Expect is a program especially designed to introduce preteens to the changes that accompany adolescence. Through live-action and animation, students will learn about the physical and...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How puberty changes your brain | Shannon Odell
While we often talk about puberty's effect on the body, what gets overlooked are the fascinating changes that happen in the brain. Puberty, in fact, begins in the brain, and lasts as long as five years. And during this extended process,...
Wonderscape
Start Smart - Puberty for Girls - Help! My Body's Changing
Girls are taught all about the changes that happen to their bodies as they transition from child to adult. What is puberty? What are the physical changes associated with puberty? What is menstruation? What are the social and emotional...
Curated Video
What is Puberty?
In this video, children learn about the amazing physical and emotional changes that they will go through on the journey to becoming adults, that all the changes they will experience are normal and transient, and to respect each other's...
Curated Video
Salma: from caged adolescence to literary fame
Salma's fate wasn't meant to be any different to that of millions of girls in rural India: you're born to the huge disappointment of your parents who were desperate for a boy; you're sent to school for a few years; you're married off in...
Wonderscape
Start Smart: Just for Boys
This program is especially designed to appropriately introduce preteen boys to the many changes to their bodies that accompany adolescence. Boys will learn about the physical, social and emotional changes that come with puberty. Young...
SWPictures
BEING INDIAN - Renuka's Story
Life is at a crossroads for Renuka Yenkoba, a 12-year-old girl. She and her family are from the lowest of India’s four main castes, the shudras or labourers. She is on the threshold of adolescence and that means she will soon be married....
SciShow
The Teenage Brain Explained
Being a teenager is hard. Especially when hormones play their part in wreaking havoc on the teenage body and brain. In this episode, Hank explains what is happening to the during the angsty-time. ----------
Curated Video
How do you prevent STIs?
In this video, children learn how to prevent sexually transmitted infections through the use of condoms or abstinence.
Curated Video
Your Moon Cycle
In this video, children learn that a girl's hormonal cycle has four weeks, through which her hormone levels rise and fall - much like the lunar cycle. Girls are encouraged to be conscious of their physical and emotional states during and...
Curated Video
What is Menstruation?
In this video, children learn the biological process of menstruation. They also learn that menstruation is a normal, healthy, and clean phenomenon, which should be embraced as a beautiful entry into womanhood.
Curated Video
What is Reproduction? Part Two
In this video, children learn the basis of human reproduction in adults, including sexual intercourse and fertilisation of the egg. Children learn that it takes two parts to make baby, and that anatomical words related to reproduction...
Curated Video
What is Reproduction? Part One
In this video, children learn the basis of human reproduction in adults, starting with the journey of the sperm to leave to the male reproductive system, and the egg to move from the ovary to the uterus. Children learn that it takes two...
Curated Video
How do you prevent pregnancy?
In this video, children learn how to prevent pregnancy through the use of contraception, or abstinence.
Curated Video
What is Consent?
In this video, children learn that consent is necessary before initiating any type of romantic or sexual act, and that it is about giving and receiving a "yes" or a "no" They learn that both love must be based on consent, not on pressure...
Curated Video
Human growth curves
When a baby is born, how do the doctors, nurses and midwives check that it is healthy? Apart from blood tests and visual inspections in some countries, the easiest way to check a baby is healthy is to weigh it. A low or high birth weight...
Curated Video
Menstrual Traditions
In this video, children learn the basis of many tradition and taboos around menstruation in India.
Curated Video
How to Manage Your Periods
In this video, children how to stay clean and comfortable during their periods, including instructions on how to use a sanitary pad, tampon, and menstrual cup.
Curated Video
Maintaining a Healthy Weight
Dr. Algae talks about the bigger appetite that accompanies the growth spurt of an adolescent. He explains the adolescent body’s need for more calories and the healthiest way to satisfy those needs.
SciShow
The Teenage Brain Explained
This may answer some of your questions about your students' behavior, as well as explain to them the development stage that their brains are in. The roles of adrenal glands, apocrine (sweat) glands, and pituitary glands are explained as...