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Trip to the Big Apple!

A PBL+MM for 7th Grade (Geography)

Designed by

L.S. Gulick

lsgulick@henrico.k12.va.us

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QUESTION

My students have decided they want to go on an end of the year school trip to New York City. They must decide what they want to do there and how much money is needed to make the trip possible.

PLAN

The students will meet and decide the major issues that need to be addressed to make this trip possible. The class will divide into groups with each group assigned a task to investigate.

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SCHEDULE

The planning for this project will take approximately 10 weeks, culminating with the trip and imovie presentation on the tenth and eleventh weeks.

Timeline for Trip

Week One – Plan with students _____

Week Two – Teacher contacts parents _____

Week Three – Contact travel planner _____

Week Four – Book accommodations _____

Contact and book transportation

Week Five – Note to inform parents of final travel plans _____

Start collecting money for trip

Week Six – Secure chaperones _____

Week Seven – Nine – Final collection of fees _____

Week Ten – Trip _____

Week Eleven - imovie presentation of trip _____

PROJECT

This project will address geography, math, language arts, and technology.

The students will discover all the effort that goes into taking a field trip. Before breaking into groups, the students will brainstorm the issues that need to be resolved:

• Length of trip and when you want to go

• Mode of transportation to N.Y City and cost

• Where would we stay?Cost?

• What will we do, i.e. sightsee, see a play, shop, see a baseball game, etc. Cost?

• Other concerns.

Students will use the following sources to answer the above issues:

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Students will keep a daily journal for this project. They will record all information gathered and the source of information. Any thoughts or concerns will be recorded and addressed by their group and the class. They will continue this journal in New York City.

Students will make a spreadsheet detailing the funding needed to go on the trip and how much each individual should allocate for expenses. Each group will explore the following:

• Hotel cost

• Meals

• Transportation

• Entertainment

• Spending money

• Tapes for imovie camera

The students will learn to operate the imovie camera and video the project from the planning stage to the final product……touring New York City! Shortly after returning from the trip, the students will do a presentation on New York City for the parents using the imovie to supplement their project.

ASSESSMENT

Identify desired results (knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors) and create rubrics for self-assessment or team assessment of the project . Create a rubric to score final multimedia project.

(*NOTE: TWO RUBRICS ARE DUE FOR THIS FINAL PROJECT (SELF-ASSESSMENT AND MULTIMEDIA ASSESSMENT). THEY CAN BE ATTACHED SEPARATELY.)

MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION AND EVALUATION

Present findings, solution or results as a multimedia presentation. Use a rubric to evaluate project.

CREDITS & REFERENCES

List additional references or resources that you may have used or suggested.

Adapted from a template from the WebQuest Page. Updated Spring 2003.

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Shopping

Plays

Sightseeing

Meals

General Cost

Transportation

Accommodations

Destination

New York

City

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