Lesson 3 Real­World Positive and Negative Numbers and Zero.notebook
January 08, 2014
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Lesson 3 Real­World Positive and Negative Numbers and Zero.notebook
January 08, 2014
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Lesson 3 Real­World Positive and Negative Numbers and Zero.notebook
January 08, 2014
Exploratory Challenge
Task: You will work in groups of 3-4 to create their own real world situations involving money, temperature, elevation and
other real world scenarios. You will be given a piece of construction paper numbered one to five, markers, and a ruler.
Using these materials, each group will present its situation on the paper by including components in the bulleted list
below. You will be given 10 minutes to create your poster.
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Title (ex., Sea Level, Temperature)
A written situation based on the title (using at least two points)
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A blank vertical number line
Picture (optional if time permits)
Answer key (on a separate sheet of paper stapled to the top back right corner)
Groups will rotate every 5 minutes to complete the three tasks on the Station Record sheet of paper while viewing each
poster.
> Write the integer for each situation.
> Determine the appropriate scale to graph the points.
> Graph the points on the number line.
Dec 17­4:25 PM
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