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Road Trip - A Web Quest
Menominee Tribal School Road Trip
Webquest		 Menominee Tribal School
INTRODUCTION
You and your friends have saved up some money and decided to take a road trip before the year is over. You must decide on a location and activities for your trip. This same information is available from school at www.ikeepbookmarks.com/mrheup; click on Assignments and then “Road Trip Webquest”.
 
THE TASK
You will create a presentation that demonstrates were you will go on your vacation and how much it will cost you. You will need to research each destination and include the following items in your presentation (Your presentation can be a video, Power Point, or poster board presentation).
  1. The destination city.
  2. How many days will your road trip take?
  3. How much will you spend on fuel for the trip?
  4. How much will you spend on lodging?
  5. How much will you spend on food?
  6. What activities/attractions will you do and how much will this cost?
  7. An estimation of how much money you will need for your entire road trip.
 
THE PROCESS
You will need to decide which part of the trip you will want to conserve money and which part of the trip you will spend the most money. Your group will have to decide!
  1. The first task of this project is for the group to assign tasks for each member of the group.
  2. You will then want to decide on a car for your trip. (What will you have to think about for your car selection?)
    Menominee Tribal School Click on the car to get started.
  3. Your group will also need to figure out how many miles you will be driving for your trip. First you will use the map link below to find the distance to your destination, then you can check your work.
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  4. Looking at some gas prices you will need to estimate how much money you will be spending on fuel for your trip.
    Menominee Tribal School Click on the gas pump and then choose a state to check the gas prices in different cities. Or, if you now the zip code, click on the fuel gauge. Menominee Tribal School
  5. Your group will need to do some research on lodgings (where you will stay). You will want to get some prices and some information on what the different lodgings have to offer you.
    Menominee Tribal School Click on the lodge to start your search.
  6. Your group will need to research some dining establishments in order to estimate how much money you will spend on food.
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  7. What other things will you need to spend money on?
  8. Once you obtain all of your information, you will want to calculate the total expense of each possible destination.
 
EVALUATION - PRODUCT RUBRIC
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Organization Presentation is not well organized and it is difficult to understand. Presentation is somewhat organized and is easy to understand. Presentation is organized and is easy to understand. Presentation is very organized and easy to understand.
Conventions 7 or more spelling and grammer errors are present. 5-6 spelling and grammer errors are present. 3-4 spelling and grammer errors are present. 0-2 spelling and grammer errors are present.
Creativity Presentation includes only text information. Presentation includes 1 type of visual display. Presentation includes 2 or 3 different types of visual displays. Presentation includes 4 or more different types of visual displays.
 
EVALUATION - PEER RUBRIC
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Performed Task He/She did not do their share of the work. He/She dd some of their scheduled task. He/She did most of their scheduled task. He/She completed their part of the group work.
Helped Other Group Members He/She did not help group members at all. He/She helped other members once or twice. He/She helped other members several times. He/She helped other members quite often.
Encouraged Group Members He/She did not encourpage my group members at all. He/She encouraged other members once or twice. He/She encouraged other members several times. He/She encouraged other members quite often.
Praised Group Members He/She did not praise my group members at all. He/She praised other members once or twice. He/She praised other members several times. He/She praised other members quite often.
 
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Last Updated: Mon March 10, 2008