Integers

Let’s Take a Ride on a Hot Air Balloon {Integer Activity}

Have you ever seen a hot air balloon rise into the sky? It’s a wonderful sight to see. You can use this fun example to teach positive and negative numbers. Begin by explaining to students that hot air bags (positive integers) will lift the balloon higher and sand bags (negative integers) will weigh it down and make it heavier.

The balloon can travel in a canyon but once it passes the ground level it’s at the 0 point and then it’s up in the atmosphere above ground level.

Let’s say our balloon is traveling in a canyon at -5 below the level of the ground. Now we take off 2 sand bags.....


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