When looking at a map, I always think about traveling. It
may be related to me traveling as a child when my father was in the military.
My family lived in 7 different places until I was in the 5th grade,
so using a map was very common while traveling. We did not have the GPS back in
the 80s and 90s. My lesson plan could be used in many different types of
classrooms. The classes that could use this lesson plan would be a mathematics
class, geography class, accounting class, or even a computer class just to name
a few. I am coming from the mathematics class perspective. Below is a short
description of the lesson plan.
Road Trip!
Each group will consist of 2 students that have been given 2
weeks off from school. This road trip will consist of the 2 person team ending
up in one place, but within the two weeks, they must visit at least 3 different
places. These destinations can include visits to family, site-seeing, or simply
a place both people want to visit and spend time. The mathematical totals the
group must come up with are hotel costs in specific cities they will spend the
night in, gas prices based on minimum mileage, food expenses, and miscellaneous
expenses that may arise. Each group will also be required to create an
emergency fund in case something happens to their vehicle along the way. The
first part of the lesson is for the group to estimate without looking up prices
on the internet how much money they will need for everything. The second part
of the lesson requires them to map out their journey. The third part of the
lesson requires them to calculate their trip (one way) including everything
except their emergency fund. The students will turn in their map with locations
and distances between locations, calculations for their budget, and an excel
spreadsheet on their estimated costs along with a summary of their trip and
complications while calculating.
This lesson will be a tool for students to understand cost
efficient ways to travel with a vehicle. They will be given per-determined gas
prices ($3.00 per gallon) for the trip along with a consistent car with highway
mileage rates (25 mpg).
You can find my map of my road trip by clicking here.
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