Too Hot, Too Cold-6th Grade STEM Lesson

A two day STEM lesson where students get a hands-on experience understanding positive and negative integers. Students will understand how temperature demonstrations and their own created models are used to visualize positive and negative integers in relation to 0 in real-world settings. Students will summarize their understanding of the relationship between positive and negative integers in relation to 0 for the evaluation of this lesson in a journal format.

Resource ID#: 173538 Type: Lesson Plan

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General Information

Subject(s): Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science

Grade Level(s): 6

Intended Audience: Educators

Suggested Technology: Document Camera, Overhead Projector

Instructional Time: 1 Hour(s) 10 Minute(s)

Resource supports reading in content area:Yes

Keywords: Integers, Temperature (hot or cold), Real World Application, negative number

Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan, Model Eliciting Activity (MEA) STEM Lesson

Instructional Design Framework(s): Direct Instruction, Demonstration, Predict-Explain-Observe-Explain, Structured Inquiry (Level 2)

Resource Collection: Hillsborough/Polk MSP 3-8 Math

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