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Curated OER

Negative and Positive Numbers

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Help scholars explain the concept of positive and negative numbers. Here you will find three separate activities that will help them to correlate positive and negative numbers with real life. Note: Activities require that the teacher...
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Printables
Curated OER

Positive and Negative Numbers Notebooking Page

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Take some notes on integers! Learners can use the number line and thermometer provided along the bottom and side of the page to help visualize and understand positive and negative numbers.
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Thoughtful Learning

Using Positive Self-Talk

For Students K - 5th
Boost positive self-talk with a chart that turns negative feelings into happy ones. Scholars write down their negative emotions then rewrite them with a positive flair to aid in changing their outlook. 
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Curated OER

A Positive Spin

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Study word choice and connotation in advertising. Readers examine campaign ads, both negative and positive, from the 2006 mid-term election before discussing an article and analyze a campaign of any candidate they choose. Finally, they...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Positive/Negative Bugs

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Bugs can be creepy - and fun! Kids create a positive and negative design by repeatedly drawing a simple insect overlaid with a geometric shape. The outcome is really neat and will help build spacial reasoning, visual acuteness, and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Summing Integers: Positive and Negative

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students view a Cyberchase video and participate in a calculation of points exercise. In this summing of positive and negative integers, students calculate the principal character points to see if he can qualify for a contest.
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PPT
Curated OER

Positive and Negative Numbers

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Preview a presentation that goes over the definitions of postive numbers, negative numbers, and integers with your mathematicians. Many examples of how these numbers are used in daily life are presented, as well as examples of how these...
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Worksheet
Kuta Software

Adding Positive and Negative Numbers

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Put your learners to the test and practice adding and subtracting with a variety of different numbers. Integers, decimals, fractions – it's all there to help your learners practice their skills with negative numbers. The first page of...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Real-World Positive and Negative Numbers and Zero II

For Students 6th Standards
Continuing from the previous lesson in the series, scholars learn to use positive and negative integers to describe real-world situations. In groups, they come up with their own situations for given positive and negative integers. 
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Real-World Positive and Negative Numbers and Zero

For Students 6th Standards
Class members investigate how positive and negative numbers are useful in the real world. Individuals first read a short passage and identify terms indicating positive and negative numbers. They consider situations involving positive...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Having a Positive Attitude

For Teachers K - 2nd
Through discussion and reflection, scholars discover what it means to have a positive attitude, that an individual can choose to stay positive, and discuss the benefits of a positive attitude. Learners listen to negative scenarios to...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Developing a Positive Attitude

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Be positive! That's the take-away from a lesson about how a positive attitude influences actions and increases one's ability to succeed. To conclude the lesson, participants create a plan for how to respond positively to obstacles.
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Overcoming Obstacles

Having a Positive Attitude

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An activity about a positive attitude sheds light on the importance of a growth mindset. Scholars define and discuss it to brainstorm a list of positive phrases that contribute to a growth mindset. Peers share positive statements about...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Negative Numbers Practice Sheet

For Students 4th - 5th
Fourth and Fifth graders should benefit from this negative and positive number addition worksheet. There are 90 problems to solve; each has a negative number plus a positive number. There are also a few subtraction problems sprinkled in...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Direction of Force Around a Van de Graaff—Negatively Charged

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Learn about the direction of magnetic force with a very attractive interactive! Young physicists move a positively charged object around a negatively charged Van de Graaff generator and observe the direction of the forces present. A...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Positive-Negative Charge Model For Integers

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Use two different colors of bingo chips to represent positive and negative charges. Add and subtract them in a clear glass beaker to demonstrate how to add and subtract integers. This visual, along with a number line, will really help...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Positive and Negative Integers on a Number Line

For Students 6th - 8th
Review the rules regarding positive and negative integers. While there are no instructions included in this resource, it could be used as a way to practice adding and subtracting integers. You could have learners use the resource as a...
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Corbett Maths

Enlargements with Negative Scale Factor

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
How will a scale factor affect a figure—negatively? Using a grid, the narrator of an engaging video performs a dilation with a negative scale factor. The presenter compares a positive scale factor with a negative scale factor to explain...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Positive and Negative Integers: A Card Game

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students play an integer card game similar to the game "Twenty-five." In this integer instructional activity, students use addition and subtraction cards to identify integers as positive or negative.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Arithmetic Operations with Negative and Positive Numbers Review

For Students 5th - 8th
In this arithmetic operations review worksheet, students review basic arithmetic operations with both positive and negative numbers. The worksheet shows adding real numbers, subtracting real numbers, multiplying real numbers and dividing...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Addition of Integers: Polka Dots

For Students 7th Standards
What happens when you add negative and positive integers to one another? Do you add or subtract, and will the answer be positive or negative? Young mathematicians use blue and red polka dots to determine the value of an expression that...
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American Chemical Society

Natural Resources and Synthetic Materials

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
All synthetic materials began as natural materials. An engaging lesson plan begins with a hands-on activity and an example of the type of research that scholars perform independently. Then pupils receive a topic and begin researching the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Dividing Integers

For Students 5th - 8th
Here is a division worksheet in which learners read about ways to divide integers and then complete problems including patterns, negative and positive numbers, variables, and more. They complete 47 problems total.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Countering Negative Thoughts

For Students 8th - 12th
Encourage your class to think positively! In order to counter negative thoughts, it can be useful to think of rational and positive counter statements. This activity asks learners to read a few negative thoughts and practice countering...

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