Lesson Plan: Evaluating Numerical Expressions: Absolute Value Mathematics

This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to evaluate numerical expressions involving absolute value.

Objectives

Students will be able to

understand the absolute value in terms of distance from zero on a number line,
evaluate numerical expressions involving absolute value,
use absolute value in real-world contexts.

Prerequisites

Students should already be familiar with

directed numbers.

Exclusions

Students will not cover

graphs of absolute value functions.