8th Grade End of the Year Project

Travel Tips

  1. What should you pack? How does climate affect what you pack?
  2. When is the best time to travel?
  3. What are some jet lag remedies?
  4. How can you outsmart thieves?
  5. Name some tips for overcoming language barriers?

Rick Steve's Europe

Book a Flight

Book a flight to your country. Don't worry, you will not pay right now.

  1. What is the best time of the year to travel? (Hint, busy seasons are expensive)
  2. What is the best time of the week to travel? (Hint, weekends are expensive)
  3. Write down the date, time, duration, and cost of the flight.

Cheap Flights
Travel Zoo
Virgin Atlantic

Book a Hotel, pension or hostel

Find a place to stay in your country. 

  1. How much will it cost you per night?
  2. What is the name of the hostel, pension, bed and breakfast, or hotel?
  3. How many nights will you stay?
  4. How much will it cost you?

Hostels.com
Hostelworld.com
Hostelling International

 

Select Your Entertainment

  1. What do you want to do when you are in this country? 
  2. What do you want to see? Museums, monuments?
  3. What activities do you want to do?  Scuba diving, parasailing, bungee diving, mountain climbing, cycling?

Go to http://www.google.com and research the tourist websites for your selected country.

Research Your Country

Your group will do a presentation on the country you plan to visit.  You must research questions 1-5,  then choose 2 of the remainder questions from the list below:

  1. Background information *
  2. Climate *
  3. Population*
  4. Languages spoken *
  5. Currency - use http://www.xe.com to compare American dollars to the local currency *
  6. Surrounding Countries
  7. Natural hazards
  8. Total median age
  9. Birth rate vs. death rate
  10. Life expectantcy at birth
  11. Nationality nouns and adjectives

Grolier Online
The World Fact Book - CIA
The World Fact Book, 2003 - Bartleyby


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