Featuring Captain Mustard & Squirt! with appearances from Professor Seed
I m a little mustard seed I was planted in the dirt Here s the story of my life From a seed...to a squirt! I grew into a seedling Then I started to sprout As I kept on growing Yellow flowers came out! Just a few weeks later And harvest time was here The time to leave my little pod Was coming very near. I was getting so excited To move away from the crop It wouldn t be long Until I was on your table top! When you need something yummy And your taste buds say please Hold me over your food And squeeze, squeeze, squeeze!
Label & Colour the Diagram of a Mustard Plant Write the name of each part of the mustard plant on the correct line. 1 3 2 4 5 1 Flower 2 Fruit/Pod 3 Stem 4 Leaf 5 Node 6 Bud 7 Primary Root 8 Secondary Root 6 7 8 Life Science: Plant Growth and Changes
is a Must Do You Know the Answers? What does the word export mean? Mustard is an ancient spice that comes from a seed. Saskatchewan s hot, dry summers and rich soils make it a great place for growing mustard. Saskatchewan mustard is used in countries all over the world in fact, Saskatchewan producers are the world s largest mustard exporters. That means that Saskatchewan sells more mustard than any other province or country! Mustard can be used in seed form, ground into a powder, or made into prepared mustard, like the Yellow mustard you use on your hot dog. Brown mustard is used for hot mustards, such as Dijon. Oriental mustard, which is also spicier, is a common ingredient in Asian cooking. Mustard is a must in your kitchen! What are two factors that make Saskatchewan the world s largest mustard exporter? 1 2 List three foods YOU eat with mustard: 1 2 3 2 Social Studies: Interactions and Interdependence of Nations Language Arts: Comprehend and Respond to a variety of texts
Comparing the Needs of Humans Mustard Plants and humans have many basic needs. Put the following words in the blanks below to represent human and mustard needs. soil water sunlight food rain nutrients climate seeds love air space shelter fertilizer friend Mustard Plant Needs Human Needs Shared Needs both Humans & Mustard Plants Life Science: Plant Growth and Changes 3
stages of a Mustard A tiny mustard seed is planted about 2 cm deep into the soil. Just a few months later it has grown into a flowering plant that is over 100 cm tall! During this amazing journey, the seed goes through 4 different stages. 1. Seeding seeds are planted in the spring like moist but not too wet soil planted 3 to 4 cm away from the next seed Colour the Mustard Seeds Oriental Brown Yellow 2. Sprouting a week or two later the plant emerges (comes up through the soil) roots grow over 1 m deep into the soil to provide moisture to the plant producers (farmers) may use fertilizers or herbicides to help the seeds grow Colour the Mustard Sprouts Oriental Brown Yellow 4
3. Flowering flower buds can be seen on the plant 6 weeks after sprouting one week later the yellow blooms can be seen the flowers will produce seeds in pods flowering plants need lots of water to keep producing seeds Colour the Mustard Flower Buds and Blooms 4. Harvesting mature mustard plants are ready for harvest a machine called a combine is used to pick the pods containing the new seeds Colour the Mustard being Harvested Life Science: Plant Growth and Changes 5
Mat h 1. If mustard plants need to be planted 22 cm apart, how long would a row that has 10 mustard plants be? Drawing a diagram might help you! 2. A mature mustard plant is about 1 m tall. Which of these objects is closest to the height of a mustard plant? a) a door b) a book c) a chair 6 Math: Shape and Space: Understanding of Linear Measurement
3. Mustard seeds are planted 2 cm deep. How far below the surface would mustard seeds be? a) length of a nickel b) length of a drinking glass c) length of a pen 4. When cooking with mustard, what unit of measurement would you use? a) kilometres (km) b) centimetres (cm) c) millilitres (ml) 5. If a farmer planted 5 rows of mustard with 100 plants in each row, how many plants would there be altogether? 6. If a mustard crop was coming up out of the soil on May 15th and flower buds emerge 6 weeks later, would you expect to see the flowers in June, July or August? Explain why. Math: Shape and Space: Understanding the Passage of Time 7
Saskatchewan s Super SoilS Thanks to the action of the glaciers thousands of years ago, Saskatchewan was left with 6 different soil zones. These zones are known as brown, dark brown, black and dark gray, gray and Canadian Shield. Dark brown and black soils have a lot of organic matter which make them the best soils for growing crops. The gray zones and Canadian Shield in the northern part of Saskatchewan has the least amount of organic matter and makes for poor growing conditions. Most of Saskatchewan s mustard is grown in the drier parts of the Brown and Dark Brown soil zones. Uranium City Brown Stony Rapids Dark Brown Wolloston Lake Black Dark Gray Gray Buffalo Narrows La Ronge Sandy Bay Canadian Shield Meadow Lake Colour the map by zone colour name, leave the Canadian Shield white. Hudson Bay Prince Albert Saskatoon Kindersley Maple Creek Swift Current Moose Jaw Regina Weyburn 8 Earth and Space Science: Exploring Soils
Under Horizon the If you dig underground to look at soil, it looks like three different layers known as horizons. Horizon A is the topsoil and the best quality topsoil is black. Horizon B is brown in colour and this is where you would find clay. Horizon C is the bottom layer made up of leftover deposits from glaciers called glacial till and it is found 50 100 cm below the surface. Colour the mustard plants and the cross-section of soil that the mustard plants are growing in. Mustard Plants Horizon A (Black) Horizon B (Brown) Horizon C (Tan or Grey) Earth and Space Science: Exploring Soils 9
Mustard is We all know that mustard is super tasty, but did you know that it is good for your health too? Nutrients are substances found in food that provide nourishment and help you to grow. Find the many nutrients found in mustard in the word search below. You may want to do some research on how these nutrients add to a healthy diet. Mustard s Healthy Nutrients CALCIUM SELENIUM CARBOHYDRATE PROTEIN FIBRE PHOSPHORUS IRON OMEGA LIPID MANGANESE MAGNESIUM C M A G N E S I U M E N W P R N L R R U R U E F B O S R G K E A M B P B R P L R N O C K V A T Y X H I O D I E T N P F L N L A R M F H I D E N G A I C U N W R D R P L I Q F I E H A G K W V D H S N L J P S U M L D I P I L Y O S H A E X S M C D F C P H N H Z O N G N Q K I C Y L W F C P O A T Y E G L U J H Y N D K O G B Y J M M M M B L H C L V N R O R C Z F O H K Z T I S A B S E B A K K V C O N A F M N A R C O E C U K B X J R P K R P M W V K I T N R 10 Health Education: Foods Provide Essential Nutrients for Health
Mustard Chicken Making good nutritional choices is part of a healthy lifestyle. Try out the following recipe to add a little mustard to your day! Ingredients 4 chicken breast fillets 200 ml low fat natural yogurt (¾ cup) 1 clove garlic finely chopped 10 ml whole grain mustard (2 tsp) 10 ml lemon juice (2 tsp) squirt says, Follow these Directions to make your Mustard Chicken taste MARVELOUS. 1. Slice chicken breasts into even sized pieces 2. Place in a single layer in a large dish 3. Add yogurt, garlic, mustard and lemon juice to coat chicken Chef Squirt 4. Marinate in fridge for at least 1 hour 5. Preheat oven to 175 C (350 F) 6. Line 2 baking trays with parchment paper 7. Place chicken on lined trays 8. Bake for 20 minutes until cooked through & EAT enjoy Health Education: Decision Making and Action Planning English Language Arts: Comprehend and Respond 11
The Mustard of Tomorrow Mustard seeds are used in much more than a hot dog sauce! For thousands of years, mustard has also been used as a medicine. The healing power of mustard has been used for sinus and lung decongestion as well as for soothing aches and pains. In addition to the many prepared mustards on store shelves, other food uses include: Using mustard as a natural food ingredient for diets that are gluten-free, low salt, low carbohydrate, and low fat Adding mustard to foods to provide more dietary fibre Adding mustard to meat and cheese products for texture and flavour Today, researchers are looking at mustard in the following non-food ways: Managing heart health Managing diabetes Preventing certain types of cancer Providing essential minerals and fatty acids in our diets Using industrial mustard as fuel Using industrial mustard as fertilizer Using mustard seed as a natural bio-fertilizer What Do You Think? On the lines below, write what you think about all of the amazing uses for mustard seed. English Language Arts: Compose and Create 12 Life Science: Plant Growth and Changes: Importance of Agriculture
For Further Learning This booklet is just the top of the jar of all there is to know about mustard! There s lot more information out there on things like mustard planting, processing, cooking, nutrition, exporting even the history of mustard in pop culture! Check out the following websites: saskmustard.com mustard21.com agriculture.gov.sk.ca agr.gc.ca mustardmuseum.com To order class sets, please contact Agriculture in the Classroom www.aitc.sk.ca or 306.933.5224 Purchase Sask Mustard gratefully acknowledges funding for this publication from Growing Forward 2, a federal-provincial initiative. Acknowledgements Sask Mustard gratefully acknowledges funding for this publication from Growing Forward 2, a federal-provincial initiative. M US TAR D is a MUS T!
Message from the Saskatchewan Mustard Development Commission Mustard farmers in Saskatchewan joined together in 2004 to form Sask Mustard. Every time a mustard grower sells his or her crop, a small amount from the sale goes to Sask Mustard. Those dollars are invested in things like research on ways to grow mustard, information and recipes about cooking with mustard, and for spreading the word about Canada s great mustard to other parts of the world. Each time you taste some mustard, remember that Saskatchewan farmers export more mustard than anywhere else on earth. How great is that? Thanks for spending some time thinking about Saskatchewan mustard! Bay 6A - 3602 Taylor Street East Saskatoon, SK S7H 5H9 P: 306.975.6629 F: 306.244.4497 info@saskmustard.com www.saskmustard.com This booklet was designed to support grade 3 and grade 4 students in Saskatchewan as they realize curricular outcomes while increasing their understanding of how valuable mustard is to our province.