Gold Seal Lesson:
Road Trip

Copernicus Education Gateway

Subject:

Mathematics

Grade:

9-12

ICLE Standards:

Decision-Making

Computational Skills

Report Writing

Performance Task:

Students will plan a trip in the state of _________ using pamphlets and travel guides. 

You have $650.00 to spend on your trip.  You may spend less, but under no circumstances may you go over budget.  This project must meet the following requirements:

1. You must stay overnight a minimum of two nights.  You may stay in a hotel, cabin, or at a campground.  You must research and determine the actual price for accommodations including tax.  You may use the Internet, toll-free telephone numbers or price lists in brochures to do so.

2. During your vacation you must plan at least 3 or 4 activities per day.  These may include but are not limited to local tourist attractions, shopping, swimming, etc.

3. You must show the travel route you plan to follow the reach your destinations.  Using an ________state map plot which roads to take and figure out how many miles it is from your home and how long it will take to get there.  Your vehicle gets twenty (20) miles per gallon and you must estimate the cost of gas from destination to destination.  Fuel may be figured at $1.00 per gallon. 

4. You must document where you will eat your meals each day, planning three meals per day.  You may want to eat at fast food restaurants or there may be a more expensive restaurant you may want to try.  Be sure to keep track of the approximate cost of each meal.  Many of the brochures include menus along with prices.

You will turn in a written report to include the following:

1. A complete budget accounting for every cent of the $650.00.  This includes overnight accommodations, fuel, food, entertainment, shopping, etc.  Expenditures must be documented in detail.  (ex.  McDonald's lunch=$5.00)

2. A comprehensive itinerary showing where you plan to go and what you are doing each day 

ex.  Monday, July 1 

Knowledge / Skills:

Perform operations with signed (positive and negative) numbers, including decimals, ratios, percents, and fractions.   M.1

Apply in writing the rules and conventions of grammar, usage, punctuation, paragraphing and spelling.  ELA.1

Present information in well-organized fashion that will be clear to the target audience.  ELA.11

Rubric:

4 POINTS:  The report shows accurate and detailed records of all expenditures.  All requirements for travel, accommodations, meals, etc. have been met.  The map has been labeled clearly and the planned route can be easily followed.  Over $600.00 of the original $650.00 has been spent and the entire amount has been accounted for.

3 POINTS:  The report is detailed and the budget is accurate.  The report is easy to follow, but contains gaps in time and/or does not show expenditures of over $600.00.  May also have minimal spelling or typographical errors. 

2 POINTS:  The report is missing necessary information to form a clear picture of the budget or itinerary.  There may be errors in mechanics and grammar or gaps in time.  The budget does not balance to the $650.00 requirement.

1 POINT:  Documentation is not detailed enough to follow itinerary or determine expenditures.  Details are inaccurate or incomplete.  Grammar, punctuation and spelling do not meet business standards.  

Keywords:

STATISTICS
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA COLLECTION
PROBLEM SOLVING
COMPUTATION
EXPOSITION

Grades:

Kg [] - 1 [] - 2 [] - 3 [] - 4 [] - 5 [] - 6 [] - 7 [] - 8 [] - 9 [x] - 10 [x] - 11 [x] - 12 [x]

ICLE Application:

D

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