Buzzwords
This type of pressure from friends your age can strongly affect decision-making.
Peer pressure
This chemical your brain releases during exercise helps boost mood and fight stress.
Endorphins
This Canadian swimming phenom was only 14 when she competed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. By age 16, she became a world champion in freestyle and butterfly, breaking multiple records and being called one of the brightest young stars in swimming.
Summer McIntosh
This drink makes up more than 60% of your body, carries nutrients, controls temperature, and is the best choice for staying hydrated.
Water
I carry messages super-fast between your brain and body. What am I?
Nerves
This term means how you see yourself, including your personality, abilities, and values.
Identity
This daily habit strengthens memory, improves focus, and lowers stress, but many students don’t get enough of it.
Sleep
This Canadian sprinter, who once ran against Usain Bolt, won three medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (gold in the 200m, silver in the 4×100m relay, and bronze in the 100m). He is also known for overcoming injuries and asthma to become Canada’s fastest man.
Andre De Grasse
This vitamin in oranges helps you fight colds.
Vitamin C
I never rest, I never sleep, I pump and beat and rhythms keep. Over 100,000 times each day, I push the blood along its way. What am I?
The heart
This word describes treating people fairly no matter their age, race, gender, or abilities.
Respect (or inclusion)
This practice, used for stress relief, concentration, and better sleep, means focusing on your breath and thoughts without judging them. What is it?
Mindfulness
This Canadian soccer star has scored more international goals than any other player, male or female, and led Canada to Olympic gold in 2020.
Christine Sinclair
This nutrient is called the body’s “builder” because it builds muscles.
Protein
I’m the flap of smooth tissue that cushions joints—stronger than rubber. What am I?
Cartilage
This word means being honest and doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
Integrity
This country drinks the most tea, known for its calming and healthy effects.
China
This Canadian hockey player scored the overtime “Golden Goal” to win gold against the USA at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.
Sidney Crosby
This vitamin, made from sunlight, helps your body use calcium.
Vitamin D
I help you turn food into energy so you can move and grow. What process am I?
Metabolism
This word means caring about how someone else feels.
Empathy
This country’s “Mediterranean diet,” full of olive oil, fish, and vegetables, is known as one of the healthiest in the world.
Greece
This Canadian hero attempted to run across Canada in 1980 with an artificial leg, inspiring millions and raising money for cancer research.
Terry Fox
This orange veggie is said to help you see in the dark? What is the veggie, and how does it do this?
Carrots: Carrots have something called beta-carotene. Your body turns beta-carotene into vitamin A. Vitamin A keeps your eyes healthy and helps make a special pigment in your eyes called rhodopsin. Rhodopsin lets you see better in dim light, like at dusk or in a dark room. Without enough vitamin A, people can have trouble seeing in the dark, a problem called “night blindness.”
This mineral in your blood carries oxygen to all parts of your body.
Iron