OPTIONS MATH PROJECT



Math Project: Create a Vacation

ATTENTION all vacation lovers!! Here is your opportunity to plan your very own vacation. You will be awarded $5,000.00 to plan your own vacation. There are plenty of directions so please read them all before you start to plan your vacation.

Vacation- Calculating the Costs

Outcomes

Students will use a variety of resources to plan their vacation. They will decide on a vacation destination, length of vacation, method of transportation, a hotel, restaurants, and entertainment. Students will need to set up a trip budget and calculate the cost of each trip expense.

You must create an oral presentation of YOUR VACATION complete with visual aides.

Examples of visual aides:

a. Poster board

b. PowerPoint presentation

c. Pamphlet/Brochure

d. Other methods acceptable with teacher approval.

1. Decide where you might like to go on a vacation.

2. Will you drive or fly? How much will it cost to get there?

3. How long will you stay (must stay at least 2 nights)? What hotel will you stay at? How much will it cost?

4. Where will you eat? How much will it cost? Make sure you include tax (6% of total bill) and tip (15% of total bill)!

5. What will you do (museum, park, factory, monument, beach…)? How much will it cost? Make sure you include tax (6% of total)!

For the Oral Presentation that will be presented to the class. The visual aide must include:

a. a creative title for your driving vacation

b. a final budget that shows the cost of the entire trip and how much, if any, is left over.

c. an itinerary of your vacation destination: duration of the trip, cost to fly there and back, hotel information, daily activities, etc.- be creative!

d. a map that shows where your vacation spot is located.

VACATION PROJECT SCORING RUBRIC

|CATEGORY |4 |3 |2 |1 |

|Destination |Graphic displays are created |Minor mistakes in graphic |Graphic displays are incomplete|Graphic displays are incomplete|

| |properly. Decision is |displays. |and multiple presentation |and there are major errors. |

| |explained. | |errors. | |

|Transportation |Information is clear; math is |Mathematical errors, minor |Data is hard to read, |Data is missing with major |

| |done properly, no presentation |presentation mistakes. |mathematical and presentation |presentation errors. |

| |errors. | |errors. | |

|Hotel |Hotel information clear, no | Minor math and presentation |Math is hard to read with |No math, presentation errors. |

| |math or presentation mistakes. |errors. |errors and presentation | |

| | | |mistakes. | |

|Entertainment |Entertainment information | Minor math and presentation |Math is hard to read with |No math, presentation errors. |

| |clear, no math or presentation |errors. |errors and presentation | |

| |mistakes. | |mistakes. | |

|Food |Food information clear, no math| Minor math and presentation |Math is hard to read with |No math, presentation errors. |

| |or presentation mistakes. |errors. |errors and presentation | |

| | | |mistakes. | |

|Financial Findings |Math is without errors. Uses |Small math or presentation |Data is hard to read with math |Limited mathematical insight |

| |mathematical reasoning without |errors. Information is present|mistakes and presentation |with major presentation errors.|

| |presentation errors. |and understanding is clear. |errors. Does not provide enough| |

| | | |insight. | |

Vacation Project Checklist

|1) Your project has a creative title. |______ |

|2) All airfare information is included (times, flight numbers and the duration of the flights). |______ |

|3) The hotel information is specific - name of the hotel and the prices per night are included. |______ |

|4) Your project contains a map of your destination. |______ |

|5) Each day of your vacation is included in your presentation. |______ |

|6) The restaurant/food choices are specific – where, when, what you eat is included. |______ |

|7) The entertainment choices are specific – where, when, what you do is included. |______ |

|8) You included tax and tip when applicable. |______ |

|9) A budget is included showing how your $5,000 is being spent and how much is left over. |______ |

|10) The budget can be checked with a calculator for accuracy. |______ |

| | |

1. Creative Title: __________________________

2. Destination (City and state/country): ________________

3. Roundtrip flight cost: _________________

Flight to destination

4. Takeoff time:____________

5. Flight number:____________

6. Duration of flight:____________

Flight from destination

7. Takeoff time:____________

8. Flight number:____________

9. Duration of flight:____________

10. Hotel name: ________________

11. Price of hotel per night: _______________

12. Total cost for how many nights you are staying: ____________

13. Entertainment (Must do 1 thing each day)

For each place complete the following:

14. Where: __________

15. What did you do: ____________

16. Cost (don’t forget 6% tax):___________

17. Food (Must eat have 2 meals at 2 different restaurants each day)

For each place complete the following:

18. Where: ___________

19. What did you eat: ____________

20. Cost (don’t forget tax and tip): ____________

21. Total Cost of trip: ____________________

22. Money left over: __________________

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