CBSE Book Class 8 Science Activity Growing Up

 REACHING THE AGE OF ADOLESCENCE

I feel low when This boy in my class says “Hey shorty, when would you wear long pants”. When some smart bean pole asks me “Hey how does it feel to be so close to the ants? When the school nurse asks me to tell her again How tall I am, after having told her the same. It is tough being short you see. something my parents just don't agree. My father does cheer me “don't you worry my son every one else is a giant  you are just fine this way son” There is really no hurry” adds my mom you will grow soon enough all good things as you know come in small packages my son.

Boys and girls in their teens sometimes get concerned about how they are growing. They wonder if some  doctor can do something to help speed up their growth.

When  someone  focusses  on  the  negative  aspects  of  his  body  and  ignores  the  positive  aspects  of  his  personality, he may develop poor self esteem. Self esteem is how a person feels about himself. One way  of helping a child develop positive self esteem is to initiate a discussion on how to reframe our negative  attitude and transform them into positive attitude.

Variation:

Keep 40 blank drawing sheets, one on each desk with a child's name written on top (if a child gets his own card, let him exchange it with that of another child.)Every student then takes turns to write one positive trait that can be associated with that child and passes it to the next student. By the end of the exercise, all students would have entered one positive trait on that card. When all 40 cards get filled up, the child whose name is written on top gets his/her card back with a positive feedback from all his class mates.

Please refer to the link below - CBSE Class 8 Science Activity Growing Up