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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Adding and Subtracting Integers With Counters

For Teachers 6th
What are opposites and what happens when you add them together? Students work with counters to model adding and subtracting integers.
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Lesson Plan
Organization for Community Networks

Ofcn Lesson Plan: Bean Toss

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
OFCN lesson to help students understand the concept of adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers.
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Lesson Plan
University of South Florida

Fcat: Human Number Line: Teacher Notes

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
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.
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Unit Plan
AAA Math

Aaa Math: Subtraction

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
This tutorial focuses on basic subtraction, subtraction facts, subtraction skills, subtraction of fractions and subtraction of positive and negative integers. Features include practice exercises and games.
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Activity
Wyzant

Wyzant: Simplifying Multiple Signs Worksheet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Dealing with multiple positive and negative signs in an algebra equation can be a challenge for some students. This inter-active quiz from WyzAnt provides 20 multiple-sign equations and their answers for students to test their knowledge.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Cyberchase: Competing for the Northern Hemisphere Games

For Students 6th - 8th
In this short Cyberchase video, students learn about positive and negative numbers as Harry tries to score a total of 50 points in various events to qualify for the Northern Hemisphere games in New Orleans. [3:24]
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PBS

Pbs: The Number Line: Rational Numbers and Football

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive, students add and subtract plays on a football field to practice working with negative and positive integers on the number line. Each set of randomized drives consists of seven to nine plays and ends with a touchdown....
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Missing Numbers on the Number Line

For Students 5th - 7th
Practice more challenging problems where you identify positive and negative integers on a number line that doesn't have zero labeled. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Battle to the Death: Adding Integers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The goal of this lesson is for students to use manipulatives to add integers, creating concepts rather than memorizing rules. This lesson will be related to the 300 Spartans who battled the invading Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae,...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Number Line: Rational Numbers and Football

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Students add and subtract plays on a football field to practice working with negative and positive integers on the number line.
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Unit Plan
Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Intermediate Algebra

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a tutorial for students in algebra 2 or for those who need a refresher. The site has explanations, definitions, examples, practice problems and practice tests are found covering topics such as linear equations, graphing,...
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Zero Sum

For Students 3rd - 6th
Welcome to Zero Sum, a fun math-puzzle game! Drag the tiles over the target numbers to reduce their values to zero. Be careful to make sure that none of the target numbers get reduced below zero. If you get stuck, use the reset button to...