Educational Resources

Nature's Sweet Mystery
an Integrated Curriculum Resource for Grades 4-6

Nature’s Sweet Mystery is an exciting teaching resource for grades 4-6 across Canada. Through experiments and activities, students learn about food science, food production, the human body, nutrition and physical activity within a series of four Missions. These missions can be downloaded below. To order a free copy of the resource by mail, please click here.

You can download each section separately by clicking the links below, or to download a complete copy of the resource, please click here (4.2M pdf).

Student Activities and Experiments:

MISSION 1 – Exploring Food Chains

Activity 1:1 – Find Out About Photosynthesis
Activity 1:2 – Photosynthesis in Action
Activity 1:3 – Create a Food Chain
Activity 1:4 – Make Your Own Mini Food Chain

MISSION 2 – Exploring Food from Field to Table

Activity 2:1 – Food Around the World
Activity 2:2 – From Field to Table
Activity 2:3 – Preserving Food Energy
Activity 2:4 – Making Sugar Crystals

MISSION 3 – Exploring the Human Body

Activity 3:1 – Tongue Detector
Activity 3:2 – Your Digestive System
Activity 3:3 – Find a Starchy Food
Activity 3:4 – Your Food Processor

MISSION 4 - Exploring Energy Balance

Activity 4:1 – Learning About Nutrition Information on Food Labels
Activity 4:2 – Interpreting Nutrition Facts Tables
Activity 4:3 – Exercising for Energy
Activity 4:4 – Tune Into Your Body

Clips on Sugars - Fact sheets offering practical information about sugar

• Calories and Body Weight   PDF Format
• Healthy Teeth for a Healthy You!   PDF Format
• Sugars and Health PDF Format
• Balancing Food and Activity for Healthy Weights PDF Format
• Understanding the Glycemic Index PDF Format
• Fuel for Your Activity PDF Format
• Different Sugars for Different Tastes PDF Format
• Sugar: From Plant to Food PDF Format