Name: ______________________________________________
Road Trip Project
Date ____________
Description and Checklist
Ready for a Road Trip?
You will be following your favorite musical group or artist as
they go on tour. You will complete a short biography about
your favorite artist/group and identify two cities in which
they will perform. You will "attend" concerts in those cities,
as well as do some sightseeing by choosing one educational
and one entertainment activity for each location, and obtain
a song that you will include in your multimedia presentation
to the class.
Use Mapquest, Google Maps or Yahoo Maps to determine a
driving route, mileage and driving time required for each city
visited. Using the given cost of gasoline, calculate how much the trip will cost round-trip. Also,
calculate the cost of concert tickets and those of the activities you have chosen.
You will present all your information in a multimedia presentation – either PowerPoint,
MovieMaker or on a Smartboard Notebook presentation.
Be sure to work on the reflection – you need to do this as you start the project and as we finish
it up! Open a copy, respond, and save it in your documents.
We are Learning To:
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Evaluate information found in selected sources on the basis of accuracy, validity, and
appropriateness for needs, importance, and social and cultural context.
Use strategies to draw conclusions from information and apply knowledge to curricular
areas, real-world situations, and further investigations.
Connect ideas to own interests and previous knowledge and experience.
Use interaction with and feedback from teachers and peers to guide own inquiry
process.
Reflect on systematic process, and assess for completeness of investigation.
Identify own areas of interest.
We Will:
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Use information technology responsibly.
Connect understanding to the real world.
Practice safe and ethical behaviors in personal electronic communication and
interaction.
6th Grade Library Class ~ Mrs. Krebs
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Name: ______________________________________________
Road Trip Project
Class
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Goals to complete
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Date ____________
Description and Checklist
Done !
Choose musical group, artist or show
Identify 2 cities that are part of a recent tour
Complete a short biography/description of the
chosen act
Find typical ticket cost
Identify websites visited / resources used
Be sure to take keep all your notes on the graphic organizer
for class 1!! Save a copy in My Documents, Library Class folder
 Research the one of the two cities chosen
o Find 1 educational activity, including brief
description, website link, and cost to attend
o Find 1 recreational activity, including brief
description, website link and cost to attend.
Be sure to take keep all your notes on the graphic organizer
for class 2!!. Save a copy in My Documents, Library Class
folder
 Research the second of the two cities chosen
o Find 1 educational activity, including brief
description, website link, and cost to attend
o Find 1 recreational activity, including brief
description, website link and cost to attend.
Be sure to take keep all your notes on the graphic organizer
for class 3!!. Save a copy in My Documents, Library Class
folder.
 Find a song/act, etc played during a show in each city
chosen
 Starting in Spring Lake, map out the trip using
MapQuest, Google Maps or Yahoo Maps
 Print this up / save / copy link
 Include mileage and estimated driving time
 Figure out the cost for the trip (round trip),
o Gas: $3.50/gallon
o Mileage: 20 miles/gallon
Be sure to take keep all your notes on the graphic organizer
for class 4!!. Save a copy in My Documents, Library Class
folder
 Work on putting all your notes together into an
interesting presentation – see checklist below
 Class presentations – according to schedule
6th Grade Library Class ~ Mrs. Krebs
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Name: ______________________________________________
Road Trip Project
I was able to:
Date ____________
Description and Checklist
Notes - add strategies to help you!
Plan and create a multimedia presentation
Create a folder in “My Documents” for Library Class and
save all my work for this project
Use the multiple graphic organizers to help plan and
complete the project
Use my time wisely
Ask questions as needed; and think to try to figure things
out on my own
Include a biography/description to start the presentation
Include a map to show location of the two cities chosen
Include prices (in the appropriate places of the
presentation) for the following:
 Ticket costs for the shows
 Cost to attend the educational activities
 Cost to attend the recreational activities
 Cost of the traveling (mileage/gas)
Make the presentation interesting and informative
Import Music (one or two songs used as background –does
not distract from the presentation)
Respect copyright/fair use/creative commons guidelines
when collecting images & music files (give credit where
credit is due!)
Import Picture(s) – use still photos ONLY
Add a title & credits: make sure you include links to
websites visited to get information/pictures
Publish / Render the presentation so it is ready to share
Copy & paste or drag and drop the presentation into
Labsdata – proper folder – so it is easy to pull up on the
smartboard
Use information technology responsibly
6th Grade Library Class ~ Mrs. Krebs
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