Celebration! End of Year Party

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Celebration!End of Year Party

• Math WebQuest
• Adapted from Alex Heil

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Introduction

• You are in charge of the party! We need pizza,
  drinks, tableware, and snacks. However, it is all
  up to your group to decide what to get and how
  much to spend. Stay within your budget and maybe
  your party plan will be the one we will use for
  our End of the Year Party!

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Task

• Your group is planning an End of the Year
  Celebration. Of course, everything has to be
  planned within a budget. You have 200 to spend.
  Each member in the group will be divided into a
  different task pizza planner, soda/tableware
  planner, snack planner, and budget manager.

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Task continued

• All things must be approved by the budget
  manager. At the end of the project, all groups
  will present their ideas. The class will vote and
  we will have a celebration.

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Task continued

• You want your party plan to win because that
  means your group will receive an extra 10 points
  to the final project grade (2nd place will
  receive 6 extra points, 3rd place will receive 4
  extra points, 4th place will receive 3 points,
  and 5th place will receive 1 extra point)

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Process

• First, the teacher will assign you to a group. It
  will then be up to you and your group to decide
  the roles. Use the data we collected in class to
  decide what to order for each different role. As
  a team, decide how much money to allot to each
  role.

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Process continued

• PIZZA PLANNER
• You are in charge of choosing how much pizza to
  order what toppings to get. Use the data we
  obtained in class the website to help you make
  your choices. The website will give you tips to
  order for large groups. It will also tell you how
  many people a pizza will feed.

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Process continued

• PIZZA PLANNER continued
• Once you have decided how many pizzas what
  toppings, present this to the budget manager. If
  the budget manager approves what you have done,
  you are done. If the budget manager disapproves,
  you must repeat all the steps again.

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Process continued

• PIZZA PLANNER continued
• Cheese 11
• Pepperoni 10
• Sausage 5
• If the manager approves, then put your data into
  graphs and write a one page reflection about what
  you have learned.

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Process continued

• SODA TABLEWARE PLANNER
• You are in charge of ordering the drinks
  tableware. Use the data obtained in class the
  website to help you make your choices. This
  website will show you the prices for the various
  tableware items such as cups, napkins, plates,
  utensils.

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Process continued

• SODA TABLEWARE PLANNER continued
• Once you have decided how many sodas to get,
  present this to the budget manager. If the budget
  manager approves what you have, you are done. If
  the budget manager disapproves, you must repeat
  all the steps again.

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Process continued

• SODA TABLEWARE PLANNER continued
• Coke 10
• Diet Coke 5
• Sprite 8
• If the manager approves, then put your data into
  graphs and write a one page reflection about what
  you have learned.

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Process continue

• SNACK PLANNER
• You are in charge of the snacks. You get the
  ultimate decision of which 2 snacks to get. Use
  the data obtained in class and the website to
  help you make your choices. This website will
  help you determine which 2 snack machines to get.

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Process continued

• SNACK PLANNER continued
• Once you have decided the snacks to get, present
  this to the budget manager. If the budget manager
  approves what you have, you are done. If the
  budget manager disapproves, you must repeat all
  the steps again.

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Process continued

• SNACK PLANNER continued
• Cotton Candy 16
• Popcorn 8
• Snow cones 6
• If the manager approves, then put your data into
  graphs and write a one page reflection about what
  you have learned.

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Process continue

• BUDGET MANAGER
• You are the team captain. You approve everything
  that the planners bring to you. Once you have
  approved what the other 3 roles, you are in
  charge of adding everything up and putting it in
  an excel worksheet. This link tells you how to
  make a party budget using excel.

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Process continue

• BUDGET MANAGER continued
• Once you have approved all your members plans,
  compile it all in a folder. Write a one page
  reflection on what you learned.

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Process continue

• Once the budget manager has approved everyones
  plans, it is time to put all your information
  together. In a folder, you need to put everyones
  graph they have made, the budget spreadsheet, and
  each persons reflection. Create a cover page for
  the front. Your group also needs to create a
  presentation board using pictures graphs.

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Process continue

• Your group will then present all this to the
  class and try to persuade them to vote for your
  group.

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Evaluation

• Click on link!

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Conclusion

• You have just completed a project that is about
  an essential life skill budgeting. Budgeting is
  skill that is a part of your everyday life. It is
  important to know how much money to allot to
  different necessities and keep track of what you
  are spending so that you don't go in debt!