How to tame the wild beast called a teenage girl?

Now that I teach only females I have really noticed the petty stuff that girls argure about and do. They love to talk about each other and no matter what you do they continue to do it. They are so loud and boy crazy. It seems that they are always energetic and just driving me crazy. I cannot leave with a headache everyday like ive been. What can I do to tame the wild beast called the teenage girl?

Lit Review

I know we have to do the work that is given to us, but I am currently working on the Lit Review assignment and even though the abstract was increase in wordage. I personally think that 10 resources is too much. I have 5 right now and I think it is plenty. Obviously I am going to do the assignment as it was given to us, but does anyone else think that 10 resources is too much for what we have to do for the lit review project?

Family Tree Project

I had my middle students as a culminating project to a non communicable disease unit do a family tree project. They had to go ask questions at home about family members. I gave them an outline to take home and fill out. They must find out family members names, whether they smoked or smoked and quit and if they had any of the non communicable diseases that we spoke about. I am trying to make students aware of the common diseases that run in their family so they know what type of precautions they need to take to avoid problems of their own later. Once the outline is finished student had to draw out their family tree listing all information requested. Students seem to enjoy the project and reflect in a journal once they see all results.

Communication

I was just wondering how you communicate with the other health and physical education teachers in your district and how often you communicate? There is only 2 buildings within the district I teach in and 4 PE teachers throughout and yet we still do not communicate very often.
Any ideas to increase communication within our schools to keep our program on the straight path.

Sexy Halloween Costumes

How much is too much????? What do you think about young girls wearing scandolous outfits for Halloween? I hear each year about girls wanting to be sexy cops or sexy school girls ect. I just dont understand that as parents how you let young girls wear outfits like this out of the house. What do you think? I tell them that it gives guys the wrong idea.

Baby Budget Project

Each nine weeks in my 10th health class which is healthy relationships and teen pregnancy I have my students complete a Baby Budget Project. The only thing these kids actually think about is money. So i figured that this is another perspective to look at to help prevent teen pregnancy. I have my students figure out the cost of raising a baby from conception through the first year of life. They do not realize everything that a baby needs and the cost that goes a long with it. When the students get the grand total they are usually shocked. Then we have a discussion about the cost and remind them that this is only till age 1 and that you must care for a child through age 18.

Keeping yourself healthy

The cold and flu season is right around the corner. As educators we are around kids all the time and we know that they pass germs and get sick often. How do you keep yourself healthy throughout the school year?