QUEST 6

Lets Hit the Road

Math Road Trip
Planning the Ultimate Vacation
In this unit students will be asked to design a vacation for a hypothetical family that lives in another part of the country. They will be given a family profile with important information about the clients. The teams must work to satisfy the clients needs and not their own interests. Students will provide driving directions and an original map to help the clients arrive at their destinations. Students will use actual route numbers, street names, and other geographical features. They will also provide recommendations for hotels, restaurants, and entertainment. Of course, all of these things come at a price so the proposed plan must not exceed the clients budget. Upon completion of the plan, the students will make a presentation of their plan to the clients.

October 2013

Resource: Blauvelt, Darcy O., and Richard G. Cote. Math Road Trip: An Interactive Discovery-Based Math Unit for High-Ability Learners. Waco: Prufrock Press, 2013. Print.

Learning Goals:

To apply the concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions and decimals. To explore ratio, proportion, and rate. to investigate scale drawing. to understand the importance of planning and budgeting

Something Fishy
Mystery solved. Run-off from agriculture and pollution from development created algae blooms in the Chesapeake Bay cutting off oxygen, unbalancing the aquatic ecosystem. Student groups presented their solutions to the problem and created a a public service announcement for the community.

PRINCE OF PEACE CATHOLIC SCHOOL

Quest 6