Healthy Eating
This resource from the Canadian government uses a picture of a plate to show us exactly how much of each food group we should be eating.
What is Canada’s Food Guide?
In Grade 6, you learn how to handle minor injuries. If someone gets a minor scrape or cut, this is the very first thing you should wash the wound with.
What is clean water (and soap)?
This is the most common legal, mind-altering substance in Canada, often found in drinks like beer and wine, which can slow down a person's reaction time.
What is alcohol?
During adolescence, your body begins releasing these chemical messengers, which cause physical changes like growth spurts and emotional changes like mood swings.
What are hormones?
Your mental health and your physical health are closely tied together. Doing this physical activity releases "feel-good" chemicals in your brain that boost your mood.
What is exercise (or physical activity)?
Fast food commercials often use bright colors, catchy music, and fun toys to get you to buy their food. This is an example of what kind of external influence?
What is media (or advertising)?
This term describes bullying that happens online through text messages, social media, or online gaming.
What is cyberbullying?
Grade 6 students learn about the specific laws surrounding this plant substance, which became legal for adults in Canada but can negatively affect brain development in young people.
What is cannabis (or marijuana)?
This term describes a generalized, oversimplified, and often unfair belief about how a person should act or look based entirely on their gender, race, or culture.
What is a stereotype?
This term refers to how you see yourself, including your thoughts and feelings about your own worth, abilities, and value as a person.
What is self-esteem (or sense of self)?
Grade 6 students learn that your body needs this type of carbohydrate, found in whole grains, oats, and vegetables, to keep your digestion healthy and help you feel full.
What is fibre?
If you get a text or direct message from a stranger online asking you where you go to school, this is the safest action you should take right away.
What is block them and tell a trusted adult?
This word describes the pressure you might feel from people your own age to try vaping, smoking, or drinking so that you fit in.
What is peer pressure?
In Grade 6, you learn that images of people in movies, music videos, and social media are often edited or exaggerated. This means they do not reflect this type of realistic body standard.
What is a realistic (or healthy/natural) body image?
When you are feeling completely overwhelmed by school or problems at home, this is the most important "help-seeking" step you can take.
What is talking to a trusted adult (like a parent, teacher, or counselor)?
This physical feeling is your body's natural, internal signal telling you that it actually needs food for energy, which is different from just eating because you are bored.
What is hunger?
A hard hit to the head, face, or neck that causes the brain to move rapidly inside the skull is known as this type of injury, which requires immediate rest.
What is a concussion?
Smoking and vaping primarily damage these organs in your body, making it harder to breathe and participate in sports.
What are the lungs?
In any relationship or interaction, if someone says "no," changes their mind, or seems uncomfortable, it means you do not have this necessary permission to proceed.
What is consent?
Everyone experiences different feelings throughout the day. This social-emotional skill involves recognizing exactly how you feel and understanding why you feel that way.
What is identifying/managing emotions?
When reading a nutrition label, if a nutrient has a Percent Daily Value (% DV) of this percentage or higher, it is considered a lot. (Hint: The rule is "5% is a little, ______ is a lot.")
What is 15%?
Grade 6 students learn to recognize the benefits of "inclusion." This word describes the act of making sure everyone feels welcome, respected, and valued, regardless of their differences.
What is inclusion?
If someone uses a substance because they feel stressed, sad, or lonely, they are experiencing this specific type of dependence, rather than just a physical addiction.
What is psychological dependence (or emotional dependence)?
This system in the human body, which includes organs like the ovaries and testes, undergoes major changes during Grade 6 to prepare the body for the potential of reproduction later in life.
What is the reproductive system?
When a group of friends excludes someone or makes assumptions about them because they are going through a tough emotional time, they are contributing to this negative social barrier.
What is stigma?