Stress

1. Stress “It is not so much the events of life that are stressful, but how a person reacts to those events.”

2. Why is some stress in your life good for you?

3. Define: • stress – stressor –distress –

4. Marble pass activity • Marble pass – 4 chopsticks -1 marble /group Pass around your group using just the sticks No hands/objects helping – in air.. Not on surface • Choose two “recorders” per group ( meet with Thelen for directions)

5. Marble follow-up…… • Lesson learned… did you find this activity difficult and frustrating? • Recorders – What actions or words showed “ frustration” in the group? • Lesson learned….People may become frustrated by difficult tasks and frustration can lead to stress..

6. 5 options… due tomorrow… • 1)Create a…story, comic strip, poem, song, or other(ask Thelen) that shows examples of how frustrationcan lead to positive &/or negative stress and stop you from reaching your goals.

7. Write a story • 2) Write a story about how a person first perceived a stressor as negative, but then learns that it is really a positive stressor.

8. Picture Book – • 3) Create a comic book or comic strip illustrating how the fight or flight response can turn an ordinary middle school student into a superhero. When he/she could not escape or conquer the stressor that caused the fight or flight response.

9. Write a poem or song that deals with a stressful situation. 4) Write a poem or song that deals with a stressful situation. It can reflect positive stress, distresses or both. Present your creation to the class…. After presentation ask the class to discuss what types of stress were illustrated by the creation. (stressors)

10. Compare the stress of an object to the stress that people undergo. •  Stress, especially distress, in people can be thought of as the psychological and physical tension or strain on the body or emotions. This is similar to the concept of stress in science. In physics, stress is a force that tends to strain or change the shape of a body.Select an object & Compare the stress of that object to the stress that people undergo.(like a common water bottle or a escalator at a mall and think about all the kinds of stress to which the object may be subjected)

11. Summary of options…. Due tomorrow • 1)Create a…story, comic strip, poem, song, or other(ask Thelen) that shows examples of how frustrationcan lead to positive &/or negative stress and stop you from reaching your goals. • 2) Write a story about how a person first perceived a stressor as negative, but then learns that it is really a positive stressor. • 3) Create a comic book or comic strip illustrating how the fight or flight response can turn an ordinary middle school student into a superhero. When he/she could not escape or conquer the stressor that caused the fight or flight response. • 4) Write a poem or song that deals with a stressful situation. It can reflect positive stress, distress or both. • 5) Select an object & Compare the stress of that object to the stress that people undergo.(like a common water bottle or a escalator at a mall and think about all the kinds of stress to which the object may be subjected)

14. 1 day activity • Draw 4 columnsColumn 1 - List 10 items that increase distress in your life. Column 2 - Think about those stressors and then rank them in order from most stressful to least stressful. Column 3 – what type of stress is it? M mental(emotional), P physical, S social.. place the letter(s) of stress types in that columnColumn 4 - Choose one stressor from you list and describe how you cope with it.

15. 3 day activity • Write a list of hassles for the next 3 days you experience or see others experiencing. Summarize the types of hassles that affect you the most i.e.: home, school, time pressures. Now explain how identifying the most common hassles in your lives could help you learn how to avoid such situations or minimize the negative effects of the hassles.

16. 1-2 day project • Research the relationship between stress and diet. Find people that are suffering from stress have special dietary needs. For example some vitamins and minerals are used more quickly when a body is stress. When done – create a poster or other presentation tool of the human body showing both negative effects of stress on the body and how a healthy diet can minimize those negative effects. • (optional extension: Plan a menu for a particularly stressful week)

17. Computer needed…. research • Research the interactions of epinephrine, norepinephrine, and cortisol. (Adrenal Glands )The adrenal glands are two almond sized glands locates on top of the kidneys. The inner part of the adrenal gland is called the adrenal medulla, and the outer part is called the adrenal cortex. The Adrenal medulla helps the body react to a sudden crisis by releasing epinephrine and norepinephhrine. The adrenal cortex helps the body deal with long –term stress by releasing cortisol. Research the interactions of epinephrine, norepinephrine, and cortisol. Create a poster or other presentation that displays your research results.

18. The stress response is the human body's reaction to anything that throws off the balance inside it—injury, infection, fear, exercise, or pain. • The body reacts with an alarm phase, • then a resistance phase, during which it tries to fix the imbalance, • and then, if that fails, an exhaustion phase.

19. The body reacts with an alarm phase….The response starts when a part of the brain ….release adrenaline is released.

20. The "adrenaline rush" makes the…. • heart beat harder and faster, • raising blood pressure. A person's • skin turns pale as blood vessels to the skin • constrict and direct the blood to the muscles. • Blood vessels to the intestines and kidneys also constrict. The • liver releases stored sugar into the blood, • hair stands up, and the • body begins tosweat. The body's natural response is to run away or fight back; that's why it is called the "fight or flight response".

21. The adrenal glands are two almond sized glands locates on top of the kidneys.

22. The inner part of the adrenal gland is called the adrenal medulla, and the outer part is called the adrenal cortex. • The adrenal medulla helps the body react to a sudden crisis by releasing epinephrine and norepinephrine. • The adrenal cortex helps the body deal with long –term stress by releasing cortisol..

23. Epinephrine and adrenaline…. …..are the same thing • Epinephrine/adrenaline are "fight or flight" hormones which are released from the adrenal glands when danger threatens or in an emergency. • When secreted into the bloodstream, it rapidly prepares the body for action in emergency situations. • The hormone boosts the supply of oxygen and glucose to the brain and muscles, • while suppressing other non-emergency bodily processes (digestion in particular).

24. Interesting facts…. • The Latin roots ad-+renes and the • Greek roots epi-+nephros both literally mean "on/to the kidney" (referring to the adrenal gland, which sits atop the kidneys and secretes epinephrine).

28. adrenal gland • An endocrine gland, also called the suprarenal gland, one of which is located near the upper portion of each kidney. Each gland is divided into an outer cortex and an inner medulla. The cortex and medulla of the adrenal gland, like the anterior and posterior lobes of the pituitary gland, develop from different embryonic tissues and secrete different hormones. The adrenal cortex is essential to life, but the medulla may be removed with no life-threatening effects. The hypothalamus of the brain influences both portions of the adrenal gland but by different mechanisms. The adrenal cortex is regulated by negative feedback involving the hypothalamus and adrenocorticotropic hormone; the medulla is regulated by nerve impulses from the hypothalamus.