Electronic Field Trips
Bon Voyage
- Grade level: Middle School - High School
- Subject Area: Math
Brief Description
Students will "visit" a great site, Bon
Voyage,
[http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/glazer/bonvoyage/bonvoyage.html] produced by the Office
for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education. While there, students will use
the Internet to tour places such as the medieval lands of Europe or the mystical
world of Asia. Students will experience authentic learning while exploring actual
sites, manipulating real data, creating mathematical functions and planning
budgets.
Objectives
Students will:
- plan a virtual trip
- use a foriegn exchange table
- create an algebraic equation to calculate foreign currency
- develop a budget
Materials and Resources
- Paper and pencil for notes, all assignments must be typed
- Make a copy of the assignment and criteria for each student or make a
transparency for the overhead projector
- PC or Macintosh, monitor and modem
- Access to the Internet and Web browser, preferably Netscape
Activity Description
- Go to the Bon
Voyage
[http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/glazer/bonvoyage/bonvoyage.html] site
- Read the activity description
- Be sure to click on "Example" to see the trip to Dynomania and
France!
- Look at Assignment and Grading Scale, from the main page. Use the
overhead or ditto to review the assignment guidelines. You can also find:
- Encourage them to use the internet to locate currency exchange tables
and online tourism guides to visit popular sites around the globe.
- Use the assignment guidelines to record their journey.
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