Review: A hands-on lesson plan introducing the addition of negative and positive integers, using beans. The plan includes the objective, resources needed, description of the activity and plenary. This lesson is useful as an introduction to the addition of positive and negative numbers using hands-on materials. This maths lesson plan is one of a set produced by Youth Net. The plans are grouped for Elementary, High and Intermediate School Maths. They are all written in text format and are quite detailed.
Review: A useful idea for playing Number Bingo in which children are encouraged to make up their own 7 x 7 number grids. They put numbers in any box but with no set order so for example number 1 can be placed anywhere. It might be useful with younger children to say each number then get them to write it on the grid so that they do not lose track of the numbers they are writing as none should be repeated. The teacher will then ask a variety of questions using different number operations or problems and children work out the answer then shade a box showing that number. The idea is that children need to get a whole line to win. Less able children can be paired with more able to build up confidence and as children begin to understand the game they can be challenged to use more difficult numbers such as negatives.
Review: Some great interactive resources for teaching and learning - suitable for secondary school use
