QJS Library Learning Commons
Plan a Dream Vacation
Topics/Units: Financial literacy (simple budgeting)
Grade Level: 9
Curricular Competencies
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Students are able to use mathematical vocabulary and language to contribute to mathematical discussions.
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Students are able to communicate mathematical thinking in many ways.
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Students are able to develop, demonstrate, and apply mathematical understanding through play, inquiry, and problem solving.
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Students are able to model mathematics in contextualized experiences.
Instructions
Your Job: Create a presentation that shows how you would use $10,000 to plan your dream vacation.
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Your Final Product Should...
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Be in a format that provides evidence of your mathematic thinking, as well as visual aids to give more information about the elements of your trip (eg: PowerPoint, Google Slides, Prezi, posterboard, etc.)
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Show all the sources you used to find price information through a bibliography or works cited list
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Include all the information described in this handout
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(Possible) Tools to Do the Job:
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Trivago - find international hotel and flight prices
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Places to Go for Examples: