Creating Zero Pairs with Integer Chips

This lesson teaches how to create zero pairs using integer chips. It explains that integers include positive and negative whole numbers, and how integer chips represent these values. A zero pair is formed when opposite quantities combine to make zero. The lesson uses examples, including atoms, to illustrate zero pairs and discusses cases where opposite quantities are not equal, resulting in a net charge.

What are integer chips and how do they represent positive and negative numbers?

Explain the concept of a zero pair using an example from the text.

How do the charges of protons and electrons in an atom relate to the concept of zero pairs?

What happens when opposite quantities are not equal? Provide an example.

Summarize what you have learned about creating zero pairs using integer chips.