A Web Quest
Intro: Congratulations! You've just been selected the winner of the Greatest Family on Earth Contest. Your prize of $75.00 is to provide the funds for a Great Family Day Trip. Below you will find several links to some of our areas best tourist attractions.
Task: Visit each of the links below. Investigate the cost of each destination. Find out if you can afford this trip with your prize money of $75.00. Present your findings in a PowerPoint to help your family decide whether this is a day trip they would be interested in visiting.
Process: Visit each link below. Using the resource packet to help you figure out the cost of each venue. Be careful when computing admission fees! Are adults and children the same fee. How old is everyone in your family? Do they pay the lower child's fee or do they pay an adult fee? Don't forget to include your own admission. Check if there is a fee for parking. Can a picnic lunch be carried in or do you need to purchase food at the attraction? What effect would that have on your funds? Is tax included?
Once you've determined all the places you can afford to visit. Create a PowerPoint slide show to share with your family to help them make an informed decision about where they would like to visit.
Resources: Use the following links to complete your project:
Evaluation: The following rubric will be used to evaluate your project:
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All information regarding admission fees, parking fees and applicable taxes are provided. |
Provides few of the necessary details regarding fees. |
Provides most of the necessary fee information. |
Provides all of the necessary fee information. |
Provides all of the necessary fee information and provides other information on discounts you may be able to use. |
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Computation of fees for your family. |
Some attempt was made to calculate some of the fees. |
Fees were calculated, but errors where made. |
Fees were calculated correctly. |
Fees were calculated correctly and discounts were subtracted from the total. |
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Design a PowerPoint Presentation to present your findings to your family. |
Attempts to make a PowerPoint Presentation, but does not include formatting, background, animation and lacks much of the essential information. |
PowerPoint includes most of the essential elements, but information is not presented in a clear and concise manner in the presentation. Color and sound choices distract the viewer and do not lend themselves to enhancing the presentation. |
PowerPoint includes all of the essential elements, and is presented in a clear and concise manner within the presentation. Color and sound choices do not distract from the presentation. |
PowerPoint includes all of the essential elements, as well as additional relevant information. Slide show is presented in a clear and concise manner and color and sound choices enhance the presentation. |
Conclusion: Upon completion of this project, hopefully you have learned about several different places you and your family can visit this summer. More importantly you have learned how to apply your math skills and technology skills into an everyday life situation. Great Job!!!
