Your+Challenge

=Your Challenge= Follow each of the steps below to create and analyze the vacation of your dreams! Think about the many places in the world you might like to visit someday! __ Task 3: Research __
 * Plan your own vacation to any destination in the world! **

Resources for Research **

On the left-hand side of each page is a menu of selections, which includes: [|www.fodors.com] [|www.randmcnally.com] These sites offer assistance in locating hotels, restaurants, and points of interest in cities around the world. Both have an easy to navigate interface.
 * 1) The website below is an online travel guide. It includes detailed information about what it will be like to travel anywhere in the world. Visit this website.[|ON-LINE TRAVEL GUIDE]
 * First, click on a continent you would like to visit.
 * Then, click on a country.
 * Then, choose a city.
 * Then, READ!
 * Overview, Transport, Practical Information
 * Entertainment, Shopping, Hotels/Hostels, Restaurants, and Sights
 * 1) Peruse the travel magazines and brochures in Ms. Anzalone's room.
 * 2) Check out these websites for additional information:

[|Travel for Kids] Fun Things to do with Kids. This is a site that organizes kid friendly activities by country. It also recommends travel books and picture books about each country. A great resource for teachers to use to develop a classroom library.

Explore and experiment. Read about several possible destinations before you make your decision. You can hit the BACK button repeatedly to return to the map pages and make a new choice.

__**Task 4: Final Destination**__

Make a final decision. What destination will you travel to for your dream vacation? Your destination can be a city (EX: New York City, London), a state (EX: California), or a country (EX: Australia).

Which activities and which attractions you would like to try during your vacation? How you will travel during your vacation?

** >> >> >> >> __**Task 5: Calculating Categories**__
 * Project Criteria
 * Your budget is $10,000.00 for the entire trip. Fortunately, you won free roundtrip airfare to the destination of your choice, so you only need to use your money for expenses while you are there.
 * Create a detailed schedule for your vacation! Your trip must be 7 days long.
 * You may use lined paper, large construction paper, chart paper, graph paper, for note taking or drafting.
 * Your final itinerary must be completed in Word or Excel or other application that can be uploaded to the wiki.
 * Click here for directions on [|how to set up a table]in MicrosoftWord
 * CLick here to [|watch a video] on how to set up a table/chart
 * __**E-mail your questions to: nanzalone@wsd.k12.pa.us or jgroark@wsd.k12.pa.us.**__
 * __**You should save it to a flash drive or you can upload it to your page.**__
 * Be sure that your schedule includes all travel, sleeping, eating, and any activities!
 * Use Julie’s New York vacation schedule as a model.
 * You must mention the specific names of activities, attractions, and locations you will visit – to show that you have researched your destination thoroughly. (EX: Central Park, Statue of Liberty)


 * 1) Determine which categories of activities you can use to analyze your vacation. For her New York trip, Julie divided her vacation into eight main categories. You may use the eight categories from that vacation and/or create your own!
 * 2) Calculate the total number of hours spent on each of the categories.
 * 3) Determine the fraction of the entire vacation that would be spent on each category.

__** Task 6: Presentation of Findings **__ Communicate your findings. Create a chart, poster, report, and/or graph that clearly shows the fraction of your vacation that would be spent on each category.

After completing the tasks above and uploading your final project, click on the ReflectionLink.