Mathapalooza

Have students use technology to research and plan a Dream Vacation. After teaching and working with personal budgets (7th grade Math), we do a Unit on working with budgets for vacations. This is usually near the end of school when kiddos are thinking about vacation. Students use Google, travel sites, and destination websites to research a vacation destination. They are given a set budget, and parameters for spending that money (travel, lodging, required # of meals and snacks per day, tour of hi