Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Path to Positive
Using the story Less than Zero by Stuart Murphy, middle schoolers relate money matters to positive and negative numbers as a real-life correlation. Incorporated into this lesson, students play the path to positive game where they are...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Let's Go Fishing for Positive and Negative Integers
This lesson will actively engage students in a fishing tournament that uses ordered pairs to catch fish. As students begin to catch the hidden fish, they will find a relationship between the integers in the ordered pairs. By identifying...
Texas A&M University
Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Algebra: Multiplying and Dividing Real Numbers
A good refresher on multiplication and division of real numbers. Covers finding the reciprocal and performing multiplication with positive and negative numbers and zero.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Positively f.u.n. !
This lesson will actively engage students to identify and add positive and negative integers. In cooperative groups, students will discuss everyday vocabulary that will activate students' existing background knowledge and set the purpose...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Comparing Temperatures
This task has students do computations with positive and negative numbers in the context of temperature. Aligns with 6.NS.C.7.b.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns It's Warmer in Miami
This task has students do simple computations with positive and negative numbers in the context of temperature differences. Aligns with 6.NS.C.5.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Mile High
Sixth graders work with positive and negative numbers in a real-world context in this problem about elevation as it relates to sea level. Aligns with 6.NS.C.5.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Rational Numbers on the Number Line
The number line is a useful tool when ordering positive and negative rational numbers.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What's the Difference? Subtracting Integers
In Cooperative/Collaborative groups, this lesson will actively engage students to subtract positive and negative integers. An "Essential Question" will be used to activate background knowledge and set the purpose for understanding...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How Low Can You Go?
In this lesson, students will identify and locate numberspostive and negative numbers, including decimals and fractions on a number line. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Integers on the Number Line 2
Sixth graders examine negative numbers and their relationships in inequalities in this problem. Aligns with 6.NS.C.7.a.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Ordering and Computing With Negative Fractions and Decimals
This lesson plan allows students to practice comparing and ordering rational numbers on a number line as well as computing with fractions and decimals. It provides an assessment plan and attachments for the lesson's activities.
University of South Florida
Fcat: Human Number Line: Teacher Notes
This activity allows students to physically create a number line and work on adding and subtracting integers. This lesson can be adapted to include other concepts with real numbers.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Jumping Flea
In this task, 6th graders examine where numbers are on a number line in relation to zero and what we mean by absolute value. Aligns with 6.NS.C.7.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.ee Who Is the Better Batter?
Seventh graders compare the batting averages of two baseball players in this lesson.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Fractions on the Number Line
In this task, 6th graders locate positive and negative fractions on a number line, determine if some inequalities are true, and compare fractions for their closeness to zero. Aligns with 6.NS.C.7.a.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Adding and Subtracting Integers on a Number Line
Sixth graders work with a number line and football to model adding and subtracting integers.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Battle to the Death: Adding Integers
The goal of this lesson plan is for young scholars to use manipulatives to add integers, creating concepts rather than memorizing rules. This lesson plan will be related to the 300 Spartans who battled the invading Persians at the Battle...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: "Integers, Less Than Zero"
A hands-on lesson demonstrating integers using the book, LESS THAN ZERO by Stuart J. Murphy
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Adding and Subtracting Integers With Counters
What are opposites and what happens when you add them together? Students work with counters to model adding and subtracting integers.
OER Commons
Oer Commons: Reviewing the Properties of Multiplication
Seventh graders use properties of multiplication to prove that the product of any two negative numbers is positive and the product of a positive number and a negative number is negative.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: A Rei Radical Equations
The purpose of the task is to show students a situation where squaring both sides of an equation can result in an equation with more solutions than the original one, because it is possible to have two unequal numbers whose squares are...