1. ROAD TRIP!! Introduction Task Denver to the EastEast to the West Car Choice East Coast CityWest Coast City Map My DriveCross Country Gas PricesCar Juice Get Some RestGet Some Rest East to West RestEast to West Rest Main AttractionWhat To Do 5-Star Dining5-Star Dining Dining Like A StarDining Like A Star West to Denver Homeward Bound

2. Introduction You have just finished college and have decided to venture out on a cross country road trip, before starting your new career. After all the graduation money was counted, your parents surprised you with a large lump money. The money was all the money they saved for your college, and since you had scholarships, they wanted to give it to you. In all, you have $769,342 for purchasing a car and paying for your trip. In the end you plan on donating what you don’t spend to a charity. During this trip, you will need to plan a trip from your house to a city on the East Coast. While visiting your East Coast City, be sure to look for events that you might be interested in seeing. Examples are concerts, sporting events, shows, and etc. You will also need to find a 5-star restaurant to dine at for one night. Most importantly you will need a hotel to stay in for a minimum of 2 nights. After visiting the East Coast, you will plan a cross country trip to a West Coast City, before planning your return trip to Denver. You may not travel to the West Coast via the same route you took to head east. This journey will take a ton of careful planning. If you don’t stay focused with your planning, you may end up stranded on the side of the road, out of gas, or not having a hotel to sleep in when you get to your destination. Home

3. Your Task Internet: Map out your routes Find hotels for your overnight stay Find a place to dine out Purchase tickets to an event of your choice Excel: Record your gas stops Record your hotel stops Record your dining experience Record your activities Create a Pie Chart showing the break down of your money spent Multimedia: Create a presentation showing all the stops, maps, hotels, restaurants, and activities you planned. Include a slide that shows where the money was spent. Presentation: Present your trip to the class in a professional manner HOME

4. CAR CHOICE During this stage, you will need to decide what car you are going to choose. You are able to build this car to your likings. Feel free to trick it out. You will also need to calculate the number of gallons of gas your car will hold. Then, you will need to calculate how many miles your car will travel on one tank of gas. Below are a few car company websites. You may need to use search engine to find your specific car. You will record this information on the Car Choice Sheet. Don’t forget to deduct it from your total money. ToyotaPorsche FordBMW ChevroletLand Rover HondaMercedes-Benz KiaSubaru HOME

5. EAST COAST CITY During this stage of your planning, you will need to choose an East Coast City. You will need to choose a city from the following states: Don’t forget you will need to think of events and restaurants that you may want to visit. Now would be a good time to take out the Recording Sheet. Check out the following links to help you plan your stay in your city Maine MassachusettsMassachusetts Massachsetts2Massachsetts2 ConnecticutConnecticut Connecticut2Connecticut2 New Jersey New York Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida HOME

6. MAP MY DRIVE During this phase of your planning you will need to map out the route you will be traveling. This portion has several key aspects to pay close attention to. Not only do you have to map out the entire route, you have to plan out your stops for gas and hotels after your 8 hours of driving is up. Gas stops are dependent upon how far your car can go on a single tank. If your planning is wrong, you will be stranded on the side of the road out of gas. Be sure to stay within your driving range! Overnight stay, you may not find a place exactly after 8 hours of driving. The maximum allowed time is 9 hours, so you should plan to sleep somewhere between 8-9 hours. Be sure to use the, Recording Sheet. GOOGLE MAPS MAPQUEST View the tutorial on how to find the distances for your gas stops and hotel stops: TUTORIAL HOME

7. GAS PRICES After you have found all of your gas stops, you can use the following website to find the price of gas in that area. All you will have to do is type in the nearest town/city and the state. My advice is to use the cheapest station. Don’t forget to calculate how much gas you will have to put in your gas tank to fill it up. Average fill-up should be 2 less gallons than what it takes to fill up your car. Record this information on the Recording Sheet. Example: Car holds a total of 17 gallons; each stop will need 15 gallons to fill your car. If you want to step it up a level, you can use your actual driving range to fill up your car at each stop. GAS PRICES HOMEMAP MY DRIVE

8. GET SOME REST After your route is mapped and you have your gas stops you will need to find a place to lay your head and rest your eyes. You can use any of these websites to find your on the road hotels and your East Coast City hotel. Expedia Orbitz Travelocity Make sure you remember to put the correct amount of nights in for your East Coast City hotel. In order to keep yourself organized, you should use your Recording Sheet

9. Main Attraction Here at the Main Attraction, you are going to find some activity that brought you to your choice city. Are you are music freak, and you want to rock out to your favorite band? Are they playing in that city? Or is it that your favorite sports team is playing a game at that dream stadium you have been wanting to visit? You are the Broadway Show kind of person. Maybe you are a thrill seeker and that stomach-dropping roller coaster calling your name! What ever your liking, you need to make sure that event is going on during the time you are in that city. Don’t forget to purchase tickets. Front row? Find the price and see it first hand. Use your Recording Sheet. Use links on the East Coast City Tourism site or from the following links: Ticketmaster Stubhub EAST COAST CITY If it is a sporting team you may want to go directly to the team’s home website.

10. 5-STAR DINING There is nothing like treating yourself to a fancy night on the town for an amazing dinner. Is it steak? Seafood night?Squid maybe? No limits here, think big! Eat big! Maybe you have always dreamed of Emeril cooking your dinner. Does he have a restaurant in the city your going to? Could be your lucky night, I heard he was going to be there putting his face to his name! Record your information on the Recording Sheet In order to find places to eat, go back to the tourism homepage and look there for suggestions. You may also use a google search for the exact name of your restaurant if you know it. EAST COAST CITY GOOGLE

11. West Coast City Can you believe it? You half just completed half of your trip. Now it is time to make that very long drive across this wonderful nation, and enjoy what the West Coast has to offer you. You will be able to choose a city from the following states. Washington, Oregon, and California. Unlike the East Coast, you do not have that many choices of states. There are still plenty of great cities to visit. Just like your time in the East Coast City, you will have to plan your stay in your West Coast City. Be sure to think of that activity and restaurant. Washington OregonOregon Oregon2Oregon2 California HOME

12. Cross-Country During this phase of your planning, you will need to map out the route you will be traveling. This portion has several key aspects to pay close attention to. Not only do you have to map out the entire route, you have to plan out your stops for gas and hotels after your 8 hours of driving is up. If your planning is wrong you will be stranded on the side of the road out of gas. Be sure to stay within your driving range. Overnight stay, you may not find a place exactly after 8 hours of driving. The maximum allowed time is 9 hours, so you should plan to sleep somewhere after driving 8-9 hours. Be sure to use the Recording Sheet. Google Maps Mapquest View the tutorial on how to find the distances for your gas stops and hotel stops: TUTORIAL HOME

13. Car Juice After you have found all of your gas stops, you can use the following website to find the price of gas in that area. All you will have to do is type in the nearest town/city and the state. My advice is to use the cheapest station. Don’t forget to calculate how much gas you will have to put in your gas tank to fill it up. Average fill-up should be 2 less gallons than what it takes to fill up your car. Record this information on the Recording Sheet. Example: Car holds a total of 17 gallons; each stop will need 15 gallons to fill your car. Gas Prices HOMECROSS-COUNTRY

14. East to West Rest After your route is mapped and you have your gas stops you will need to find a place to sleep away the tiredness. You can use any of these websites to find your on the road hotels and your West Coast City hotel. Expedia Orbitz Travelocity Make sure you remember to put the correct amount of nights in for your West Coast City hotel. In order to keep yourself organized, you should use your Gas Prices/Hotel Recording Sheet HOME

15. What To Do? Here at the Main Attraction, you are going to find some activity that brought you to your choice city. Are you are music freak, and you want to rock out to your favorite band? Are they playing in that city? Or is it that your favorite sports team is playing a game at that dream stadium you have been wanting to visit? You want to visit the set of your favorite movie or television show. Maybe you are a thrill seeker and that stomach- dropping roller coaster calling your name! What ever your liking, you need to make sure that event is going on during the time you are in that city. Don’t forget to purchase tickets. Front row? Find the price and see it first hand. Use your Main Attraction/5-Star Dining Record Sheet. Use links on the West Coast City Tourism site or from the following links: Ticketmaster Stubhub WEST COAST CITY If it is a sporting team you may want to go directly to the team’s home website.

16. Dining Like A Star After such a long cross country drive and all the fast food you consumed, you must be ready for some A++ Dining. Just like you did on the East Coast, you will need to research restaurants in your West Coast City. Be sure to study the menu and copy everything down that you are ordering for dinner. Record your information on the Recording Sheet In order to find places to eat, go back to the tourism homepage and look there for suggestions. You may also use a google search for the exact name of your restaurant if you know it. WEST COAST CITY Google

17. Homeward Bound Can you believe your vacation has come to an end? After logging all these miles, you are finally needing to map your drive back home. Once again you will need to map your drive with gas and hotel stops. Good luck!! If you plan correctly you will be sleeping in your own bed real soon. Mess up and you are stranded between there and here. Enjoy the last few miles on the road. Once you get home, it is time to start your career. You will no longer have that much free time, your boss is calling you to report to work. Use the Recording Sheet to finalize your trip. Google Maps Mapquest View the tutorial on how to find the distances for your gas stops and hotel stops: TUTORIAL HOME

18. TUTORIAL Using the maps! You will need to click on the get directions tab at either site. Your starting location is Littleton, CO. Be specific on your Destination City. This should be the address of your hotel. After the route is highlighted in blue you will be able to place markers for your gas stops as well as your hotel stops. To do this, zoom the map in enough to city the cities better. Then you will need to click on the route until the hand appears. Next right click your mouse, and click on Add Stop. You may have to readjust it so that it falls within the gas range and driving time. Be sure to record this information so you can find gas and hotels. When your route is complete, be sure to embed the link into your powerpoint, so your map saves. MAP YOUR DRIVEHOMEWARD BOUND CROSS-COUNTRYHOME

19. EVALUATION HOME 4321 RECORD SHEET100% of the information is recorded and calculated correctly on the Excel sheet 85% of the information is recorded and calculated correctly on the Excel sheet 70% of the information is recorded and calculated correctly on the Excel sheet Less than 70% of the information is recorded and calculated correctly on the Excel sheet Multimedia100% of the information is demonstrated in the multimedia presentation. 100% of the slides contain a creative background and pictures of from your trip. 85% of the information is demonstrated in the multimedia presentation. 85% of the slides contain a creative background and pictures of from your trip. 70% of the information is demonstrated in the multimedia presentation. 75% of the slides contain a creative background and pictures of from your trip. Less than 70% of the information is demonstrated in the multimedia presentation. Less than 70% of the slides contain a creative background and pictures of from your trip. PresentationPresenter is engage with the audience through eye contact and does not read the slides verbatium 100% of the time. Presenter is engage with the audience through eye contact and does not read the slides verbatium 85% of the time Presenter is engage with the audience through eye contact and reads the slides verbatium 70% of the time Presenter is not engaged with the audience and reads from the slides more than 70% of the time.