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Process and Resources
The first step in the process will be deciding what adventurous trip to take.  Spend some time with your group looking at the links below and deciding what you might want to do.  Remember it can be anything, anywhere.  It must be adventurous, involve traveling and changing currencies 3 times.

This Aspen Travel Page can give you some ideas about what can be done.
Aspen Adventures

Try an adventure in Europe
Bungie Jumping in Switzerland

Go on a safari
http://www.kilimanjaro.com/

Look at this Magazine on Travel Adventures (if you are having trouble deciding on a trip you can get ideas by clicking on Destinations, choosing Adventure Sports and then Activity List)

http://www.highonadventure.com/

Now each person in your group should write a one page description of the group's trip. Be sure to be persuasive so that your travel plans will be chosen.

Now it is time to plan the trip. First you may want to print a Map and draw your travel path.

World Map

Now that you know what countries you will be going to it is time to plan your budget. Use the budget sheets to figure out how much this trip will cost. Each group member can do one of the areas and then the group can put them onto the group worksheet. Help each other.

Travel Expense Budget Forms

Here are some sites that can help you plan and do your budget.

Cost Of Lodging
http://www.travelweb.com/TravelWeb/index.html

Off the Beaten Path Lodging (only for the USA)
http://www.lodging.com

Cost of Travel
http://www.expedia.com

Entertainment and Food
 

Food-You should plan that each person in your group will spend an average of $20/day on food. Make sure you figure this into your budget.

Equipment

If you need equipment that is not listed here do not search. Give your teacher a list of items and he/she will give you some web sites to look at. NOTE:  You may want to talk about photography equipment or other equipment as a class to help decide what you need.

Mountain Bikes

Surfboards

Camera Equipment

Plan when and where you are going to make your phone calls.

Timezone Map

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/world_maps/timezones_2001.jpg

Time Zone
http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc
Convert any of the expenses that you have into American Dollars.

Currency Converter andTime Zone changer

Currency
http://www.x-rates.com/

Here is a checklist to help you as you complete this project.

Checklist

Now it is time to make your video. Be sure to plan what you want to say and practice. This Rubric will give you some ideas of how to make a terrific video.

Video Scoring Guide  Be sure to look here before you begin planning your video.
 
 

Introduction | Task | Application Process | Resources | Evaluation | Conclusion | Teacher Page

Last Updated 6/24/02