EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY PLAN
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Zero Hunger – Understanding Food Security Through Science, Geography, and Ethics
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Grades 8–9/ 1 lesson /Prepared by: Vlasis Kouris |
Learning Task
Students work in groups to investigate factors that affect food security, examine nutrient content in foods (Science), map global hunger distribution (Geography), and debate fairness in food access (Ethics). They produce a short group poster summarizing solutions to hunger.
Goals
General Competences
- Learning to learn: planning work and evaluating learning.
- Cognitive: applying inquiry methods and connecting concepts.
- Social: collaborating respectfully and sharing responsibilities.
- Personal: reflecting on fairness, empathy, and responsibility.
Subject Competences
Science:
- Interpret nutrition labels and compare energy values.
- Explain how nutrients affect health and how malnutrition occurs.
Geography:
- Locate regions affected by hunger on a world map.
- Analyse natural and human factors influencing food production.
Ethics:
- Discuss fairness in food distribution.
- Reflect on individual and community responsibility.
Materials / Equipment
- World maps
- Food packages or sample nutrition labels
- Markers, chart paper, sticky notes
- Reflection sheets
Learning Activities
- Introduction (5 min): Announce goals and brainstorm about Zero Hunger.
- Activity rotations (25–30 min):
- Station 1 – Science: Compare nutrient values.
- Station 2 – Geography: Mark hunger regions and identify causes.
- Station 3 – Ethics: Discuss fairness in food distribution.
- Synthesis: Create a mini-solution poster.
- Summary and presentations.
Reflection & Assessment
- Today I learned that…
- I was surprised by…
- I want to learn more about…
- One action I can take toward Zero Hunger is…
Assessment Criteria (10 points)
- Participation & safe working – 1 point
- Science task completion – 3 points
- Geography task completion – 2 points
- Ethics task completion – 2 points
- Final poster/solution quality – 2 points
