What is Zero Hunger?

Learn what Zero Hunger really means.

Lesson steps

What does being hungry mean? What does it feel like? When have you been hungry?

Explain to the children that not everyone has access to enough nutritious food to eat.

Play the video about Zero Hunger.

Zero Hunger by ValleyPrepTech

Together, discuss the key messages in the video.

Tell the children Zero Hunger is one of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (Also, known as the Global Goals).

Talk about what the children in the video are doing to help work towards the Global Goal.

Ask the children what types of food do we need to put in our bodies every day, and how much should we eat?

Show the children an anonymous packed lunch. Open it and talk about the food waste together.

With a partner, on whiteboards write a few suggestions of what you could do to stop food waste.

Together, discuss ways to prevent food waste, such as planning meals ahead of time and using leftovers.

Talk about ways to help those who are hungry, such as donating food to food banks or volunteering at a local soup kitchen

Learning outcomes

To understand the meaning of zero hunger

To learn and identify ways to prevent food waste and help those that are hungry

Questions

Are children hungry where you live or just in other countries?

Why do we have food banks?

What can you do to help stop food waste?

When have you ever seen food waste?

Vocabulary

Food waste

Donate

Hunger

Starvation

Food bank

Talking points

What does Zero Hunger mean?

Activity ideas

Food Donation

Bring in food tins to donate to a local food bank. Ask the children to pack the tins in boxes, organise and label them.

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Draw pictures and encourage people to plan their meals. Put the posters in the school dinner hall!

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2: Zero Hunger Ages 3-7 Healthy Living

What is Zero Hunger?

What does being hungry mean? What does it feel like? When have you been hungry?

Play the video about Zero Hunger.

Zero Hunger by ValleyPrepTech

Together, discuss the key messages in the video.

Ask the children what types of food do we need to put in our bodies every day, and how much should we eat?

Show the children an anonymous packed lunch. Open it and talk about the food waste together.

With a partner, on whiteboards write a few suggestions of what you could do to stop food waste.

Together, discuss ways to prevent food waste, such as planning meals ahead of time and using leftovers.

Talk about ways to help those who are hungry, such as donating food to food banks or volunteering at a local soup kitchen

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What does being hungry mean? What does it feel like? When have you been hungry?

Play the video about Zero Hunger.

Zero Hunger by ValleyPrepTech

Together, discuss the key messages in the video.

Ask the children what types of food do we need to put in our bodies every day, and how much should we eat?

Show the children an anonymous packed lunch. Open it and talk about the food waste together.

With a partner, on whiteboards write a few suggestions of what you could do to stop food waste.

Together, discuss ways to prevent food waste, such as planning meals ahead of time and using leftovers.

Talk about ways to help those who are hungry, such as donating food to food banks or volunteering at a local soup kitchen

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