US Geography Road Trip - Plan a Vacation - Map Skills - Digital Travel Project
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PLAN A VACATION PROJECT gives you the best of blended learning using math, writing, and geography. Students love this project where they budget and plan a TWO-WEEK VACATION from your school to their driving destination in the United States, including food, lodging, gas, and attractions. Links to rePrice $11.00Original Price $13.75Save $2.75
Your 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th grade students will enjoy reviewing and learning from the geography of the United States with this all-encompassing Social Studies bundle. Use this as a preview to see what students know, as a review to see what they've learned, or as an active learning and planning unitPrice $15.97Original Price $23.50Save $7.53
Learning Objective
Students will research and create a travel plan across the United States, including mathematical calculations, writing, and geographic understanding of the country's landforms.
Description
The best of blended learning using math, writing, geography, and technology! Â Students love this project where they budget and plan a two-week vacation from your school to their destination and back, including food, lodging, gas, and attractions. Links to restaurants and hotels are provided!
Teachers make a couple of decisions for differentiation; then this project gets moved into the students' hands!
Critical thinking skills and creativity abound as students map out their routes and decide where and how they want to spend their money. Your students will learn so much by doing this project!
Included in Google Slidesâ„¢
- Student Directions
- Trip brainstorming Pages
- Maps of the United States *differentiated
- 50 States Abbreviations and Capitals
- What Does it Cost? planning pages *differentiated
- Best Known Sites
- Do You Prefer Busy or Quiet Sites?
- Hotel Costs *including links
- Food Costs * including links for breakfasts, lunches, and dinners
- Mileage and Gas Costs
- Places to visit
- Places to not visit
- State Symbols
- License Plates
- Final Projects *optional
- Rubrics to use as benchmarks or for feedback
Optional activities which can be used for differentiation:
★ Write a newspaper column
★ Create a brochure for a site
★ Write a review of a site you didn't visit and why
★ Create a 3D representation of a part of the country
★ Compare and Contrast sites visited
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