Teach positive and negative integers through engaging planet temperature contexts with this comprehensive and editable 22-slide teacher presentation, designed to explicitly teach how integers represent temperatures above and below zero using vertical number lines and thermometers.

Built around the I Do, We Do, You Do model, this teacher slide deck provides a scaffolded pathway from explicit teacher modelling to guided exploration and supported application. Students investigate how positive and negative integers represent temperature, learn to compare values in relation to zero, and apply their understanding through engaging planet temperature scenarios using thermometers and vertical number lines.

These teacher slides can be used independently. Note: Where the teacher slides reference printable independent activities, these are available in the full lesson bundle.

Through modelled examples, collaborative discussion and structured learning experiences, students represent temperatures on vertical number lines and thermometers, compare warmer and colder values, interpret temperatures above and below zero, solve temperature-based problems, and explain their mathematical reasoning using appropriate mathematical language.

What's included in this teacher slide deck?

• 22 editable PowerPoint slides following the I Do, We Do, You Do lesson structure
• Clear learning intentions and success criteria focused on interpreting and comparing positive and negative temperatures
• Explicit teaching and modelled examples demonstrating how to represent temperatures on vertical number lines and thermometers
• Guided practice using thermometers and number lines to plot and interpret temperatures
• Interactive planet temperature activities that develop conceptual understanding of positive and negative integers
• Built-in check-in questions to monitor understanding throughout the lesson
• Opportunities for students to explain and justify their mathematical reasoning using mathematical language and visual models

Perfect for upper primary classrooms, this editable teacher slide deck develops students' understanding of positive and negative integers through engaging temperature-based contexts. Students build confidence representing, interpreting and comparing temperatures above and below zero while strengthening mathematical reasoning through meaningful, real-world applications.

Format: PowerPoint

Aligned to Australian Curriculum Outcome: Recognise situations, including financial contexts, that use integers; locate and represent integers on a number line and as coordinates on the Cartesian plane (AC9M6N01)