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Looking for an engaging end-of-the-year project for Middle School Social Studies? One option I love is a Plan a Road Trip Project. It is a great fit for the end of the school year when you and your students have summer on the brain, because road trips and summertime go hand in hand.

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Here are the reasons a Plan a Road Trip Project works so well:

  • It has real-world connections. When students plan their road trip, they will be selecting from actual locations. Who knows, the project might even inspire some of their future travels.
  • Students are learning about Geography without even realizing it. This project brings in different aspects of Geography to help reinforce Geography skills that are important for students.
  • It incorporates student choice. Each student you teach can create a different road trip for their project. This student choice will help create high levels of engagement for your students.
  • You can make it cross-curricular. You can easily include things like mileage calculations, costs of gas and other travel-related expenses, and journal writing. These will make your Plan a Road Trip Project a cross-curricular learning experience for your students.
  • Making historical connections is easy. If you’d like to tie the project into historical events, you can require students to visit sites with historical connections, such as lunch counters significant to the Civil Rights Movement or Revolutionary War battlefields.

Supporting Student Success

As with any Middle School Social Studies Project, three keys to success are scaffolding, chunking, and communication.

  • Scaffolding – Provide students with the support they need to complete the tasks in their project. You know your students best. Some examples of scaffolding they might need for this project are: 1) a list of possible sites to visit or 2) an example of how to calculate their mileage.
  • Chunking – Give students mini-deadlines along the way to keep them from putting off the project to the last minute. I find it helpful to give students an exact task or tasks I expect them to complete in a class period, and if they don’t finish that task in class, it becomes homework.
  • Communication – It is always helpful to email parents when students are starting a project, even if you expect students will complete the project in class. I like to provide parents with information like the project description, deadlines, and the purpose of the project. I tell parents it is their student’s responsibility to complete the work, but they can help remind their student about the project and check to see that their child is keeping up with all the mini-deadlines.

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If you’d like to use a Plan a Road Trip Project with your students, but want to save yourself a lot of time, check out this no-prep, digital Plan a Road Trip Project . It’s ready to assign to your students today. 

Here’s what teachers are saying about this Plan a Road Trip Project:

  • “I have some students who are distance, hybrid and some who are in person. This was a great lesson to have them be able to work together and share their ideas. I loved that I was able to place this in our online classroom and they could work at their own pace. When they are all finished they are going to be sharing their trip ideas with all. There are so many extension pieces that could be added to this if a person wanted. Thank you for your work on this and your willingness to share. It has been a lifesaver!” – Amanda F.
  • “I used this during distance learning to practice research skills. What a well thought out, organized project. Super simple to follow and my students seemed to really enjoy it!!” – Jennifer P.
  • “This was a very engaging and fun project spanning multiple days with my middle schoolers. The kids got to have fun while applying the skills we were focusing on. Easy to follow and would recommend to others.”  – Taryn S.

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“A Field Trip Anywhere”: Try This MapMaker Project With Your Students

Educator Tama Nunnelley wrote this post.

If you could take your students on a field trip anywhere, where would you go? What kinds of things would you like them to see or learn on this quest? Maybe you would take them back to a historical time period or specific event so they could see it with their own eyes. Perhaps you would take them to a series of locations where they would interact with historical or current events. Well, you can do just that without ever leaving your classroom. How? With digital maps!

I often take my students to places in their own community, around the globe, or back in time by combining geographic skills with historical study. Geography isn’t just for geographers or geography classes. It plays an important part in each social studies class. Studying geography teaches young people a wide range of useful skills for the workforce, including critical thinking and problem solving. Some of the fastest-growing careers involve the use of geographic skills, including fluency with geographic information systems (GIS) .

One way I transport my students to different locations so they can use their own analytical skills is with National Geographic’s MapMaker . (Note: this project uses MapMaker Classic , which is free to educators alongside the newly revamped MapMaker .) MapMaker is designed for student practice with GIS. It does not require a lot of cartography skills to use and is a perfect tool to do cross-curricular activities and share maps as primary source materials.

To develop the attitudes, skills, and knowledge of a geographer while exploring their own world, each year my students undertake a semester-long project to create a road trip to a select part of the world based on their grade level. The project combines math, English language arts, science, and social studies. Geography and Community subject students are tasked with travel within our state. American History students can travel within the borders of the United States.  World History students have the entire globe at their disposal. I have done this project across multiple middle school grades and have adapted it for high schoolers and college first years. I believe it could be easily adjusted to all age ranges.

The first step in this process is to have students select three locations for travel by exploring in MapMaker. After choosing their locations, students plot each one on their digital maps; this involves selecting the pin they want to use for their location and placing it onto the map. They can navigate to their specific location by finding its latitude and longitude (click the bottom icon on the menu on the left-hand side of the screen for these settings) or zooming in or out using the “+” and “-” icons in the top left of the screen. Then, they select their pin of choice from the menu. They can select numbered markers or scroll down the menu for something more fun. Then, they can click on the correct location to add their pin.

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Next, students use the mileage tool to see the distance between locations and create a budget for their trip. They are given a certain amount of money based on current prices and plan their travel around that total. They have to account for how many people they take with them and regular travel expenses like airfare, gasoline, hotels, and meals. They might also have to pay a fee to see the historical site on their itinerary. They select methods of travel and keep a spreadsheet of expenses. We use MapMaker to see where these locations are and use the mileage tool to determine distance. Students may adjust locations to better fit their budget after their calculations.

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Students are also expected to tell us about their trip using a travel journal. This is placed inside their maps. Notice the editing tool under the text tool on the left side. Students can click on that then on one of their markers, then they can open the “Link” tab to insert information about the location. They can use the text tool to name that location as well by clicking on it and dragging the box to the desired location of the label.

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Since this is a cross-curricular project, students are asked to include physical features and climate for each plotted stop on their journey. They give a weather forecast for each stop based on research into average seasonal weather in that place. Students have an easy way of depicting this on their maps thanks to GIS. Students select “Add Layer,” then use the layer category “Climate and Weather” to select appropriate displays. Normally, students will add “Precipitation and Rainfall,” “Climate Zones,” and “Surface Air Temperature” for either winter or summer, depending on their travel dates.

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All of these are now visible layers on the map that can be edited for different levels of visibility. When students share these maps with their peers, they can manipulate the transparency level to show each required element.

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Students also now have data populated in their legend that can be used in their presentation or for a more advanced project later.

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If they would like, students can also change the base map as well by selecting the “Base Maps” tab and choosing the imagery to display.

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Students must also locate a historical or important geographic feature of each location to include in their journal. They enter all information in the description box found under the editing/formatting tool and the “Link” tab. Students can fill in everything under Link to reflect information about the pinned location. I ask students to share here their general description of the location’s physical and human features, their weather forecast, and information about places of historical or geographic importance. My favorite part is that students can also add pictures and video to their travel journal. Be sure they remember to click “Save” beside the editing tool so that MapMaker populates their work.

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The final piece of the project is for students to present their findings to the class or a small group of their peers while other students conduct mini-inquiries into these locations. The final product is better than a typical slide deck display because it is interactive and provides students an opportunity to engage in analysis using GIS and researched data.

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I have also used MapMaker to track historical events. Students plot locations of battles, connections to U.S. history in our state, the building of the transcontinental railroad, and Alexander the Great’s wide-ranging conquests. Then, we add layers while studying GIS principles. Students add physical and cultural features to better understand the event or person they are studying.

I have also brought this down to the community level and had students map the development of our community from past to present. They trace historical events and create a roadmap for potential future development based on land use. We can also go back and reuse the data already collected on these maps to look at a location’s climate and weather as we study a different event that happened there.

The great news is that MapMaker was recently updated and features some incredible new tools students can use for exploration. Using MapMaker in the classroom is an easy lift to allow students to glimpse the tools of a geographer and begin to use them on their own. Teachers do not have to be fluent in mapmaking or technology to use MapMaker. In addition, using MapMaker provides an opportunity to talk about the role of cartographers and potential careers involving these skills.

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Explore the MapMaker Launch Guide here , and visit National Geographic’s Resource Library for more resources to help you get the most out of the tool.

When they are creating or editing online maps, students are practicing real-world skills they will use in the future. They do not need to know every date in my history book, but they do need the skills that they can gain by combining history and geography. I feel like I make a difference when I do these activities and bring in project-based learning to my classroom. Composed of colors, lines, and labels, a map is one of the most effective mediums for capturing spatial relationships. Studied closely, they can be used to interpret the past, define the present, foretell the future, and take your students around the world.

National Geographic Education is celebrating Geography Awareness Week all week long on the Education Blog , on Tw i tter , and on Facebook . Check in regularly to hear from educators about their innovative and inspiring approaches to teaching geography, and learn how National Geographic tools and resources can help you empower your students to think geographically.

Tama Nunnelley is a social studies instructor from Alabama. She is a National Geographic Certified Educator and trainer, was a 2018 Grosvenor Teacher Fellow, and was recognized in 2015 by the National Council for Geographic Education as a distinguished teacher. She serves as chair of the Geography Community of the National Council for the Social Studies and is an adjunct in geography at the University of North Alabama. She is always eager to talk to fellow educators and help them brainstorm new ideas. She can be reached at [email protected] .

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2 thoughts on “ “A Field Trip Anywhere”: Try This MapMaker Project With Your Students ”

Tama, I found this usage of National Geographic’s MapMaker to be quite intriguing and something that I could see myself using in my future classroom. I think it’s important to help students have a spatial awareness of historical events, and tracking different movements of people would provide great context to the students. I also think that offering them some autonomy to map out their own journey would be a great way to get student engagement while working on a geography unit. This would help them understand the specific routes necessary to take, the terrain of the region, and other what other towns/cities they may have to pass through along the way. I was curious though, what grades have you seen activities with MapMaker be particularly fruitful for student learning?

Hi Tama – I am a preservice teacher and really enjoyed reading about the projects you have given students using MapMaker. I’m curious what topics they have chosen and how they were able to use maps to support their work. I’m also curious about how long it takes students to become proficient with MapMaker. I am thinking of doing a sample project for my future world history students on the Silk Road. Does MapMaker have base maps showing the historic Sil Road routes that I could superimpose on contemporary borders? Is there a way to explore the old routes and compare with current rail and road networks? Thanks much for introducing such an interesting resource! Mark

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Road Trip USA may be exactly what you are looking for in your learning! In 136 lessons your family will learn about life in the United States starting with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Through the use of games, trivia and more, you will discover facts about each state, learn from historical events, study state symbols, famous people and more.

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The curriculum in divided up into 5 regions {the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, then finally The Western region of the U.S}, so you can focus on specific areas at a time {see how they are color-coded in the graphic?}. The Teacher’s Manual has 274 pages of maps, day-by-day lesson plans, fun facts, links, recipes, craft ideas and more! In a typical week, you will learn about 2 states. Along your trip there are several opportunities for learning review to make sure that your child is retaining the info that has been covered.

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Erica has done an amazing job putting this curriculum together!! It is well organized, laid out and will be easy to implement with your kids. For more info and to see more images from Road Trip USA, be sure to visit Erica’s blog .

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One of my readers will win a copy of the Road Trip USA {teacher’s manual and student pack pdf}. If you purchase the Road Trip curriculum and win the giveaway, your purchase price will be refunded to you!!   Leave a comment below letting me know which state you would most like to learn more about!

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I would most like to learn about New Mexico.

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I would love to learn more about VA. I grew up in CA and know all the history from that state, but since moving to VA 6 years ago, I’m still learning the history….it goes back a lot further than CA!

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We would like to study TX. We started a lap book but haven’t picked it up in awhile. This could be the jump start we need to finally get those things finished.

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My daughter is very interested in learing about Alabama now that she has heard about it alot since all the tornados have hit, as well as the other states that were hit hard by all the storms lately.

Just posted note about Road Trip USA Geography Curriculum on my facebook page Nancy/ [email protected]

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We don’t have one specific state we want to learn about! My son wants “to know about them all!” I’ve been looking into a great program for learning about the states! This looks perfect!

We are planning a state themed summer, so this would be great.

I think that I want to learn more about North Dakota.

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I want this! We have been using her world curriculum this year and love it. Would be so wonderful to follow up next year with the states! I guess right now our state to study might be Ohio because my sister now lives there (and the cousins) and we have never been there! And we plan to go in August after our newest cousin joins the family! Thanks for the giveaway. Kori

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I would love to learn more about Hawaii. :)

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being a family outside of the USA, we would love to learn more about the country. i would be interested to know more about Michigan since my brother in law lives there.

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Arizona! Thanks for the chance. Looks fabulous!!

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California – my husband is from there. This is a great giveaway and I love your site!

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oklahoma! i really think my kids would love this! amandanease at gmail dot com

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I follow both your blogs…and am amazed of the fun creative activities for children. We just moved from Oregon to Washington and are trying to soak up all the knowledge about our new state of Washington! I have a kindergartner and she loves reading maps–and we will be going to Alaska the end of the month on vaction!! Thanks for all the ideas—Christine Cole [email protected]

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We’d love to win a copy so the kids can learn more about Texas. Their grandmother moved there last spring and we visit her each year.

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The state I would want more on is Mich. Our home state

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I would love to check out the section on Florida to complement Florida history next year.

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My kids would love to learn more about California… since we live on the opposite side of the US, they are completely fascinated with this ‘faraway land!’

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My kids and I would love to learn more about Washington DC. My grandparents took me there on a trip when I was 13 and there is so much history to be learned, I would love to share it with my kids!!!!

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Would love to learn more about Hawaii.

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We need this!! We are getting ready to take a road trip across the USA and this would be so beneficial :). Thanks for this fun giveaway!

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I would like to learn more about . . . Montana! I so want to visit there some day! Pick me! I have yet to win something on your blog!

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I would love to win this and learn more about Texas. It’s where my in-laws live. [email protected]

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I would so LOVE to win this. I am wanting to start the US study but not quite sure how to do it. This would be perfect.

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I subscribe to Homeschool Creations and would LOVE to win this curriculum.

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I would love for my kids to learn about our home state..Washington. But also the chance to teach them about Southern and Eastern states.

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I would love to learn about Maine! I have always seen the most beautiful pictures from Maine!

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I would like to learn more about North and South Dakota.

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This is strange, but I would like to learn more about Maine actually! Don’t know much about it!

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i’d love to learn about any of the western states..maybe iowa!

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I’m not sure which specific state I’d like to learn/teach about! I think it’d be a great tool and fun for my boys to use!

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My kids would love to learn more about Oklahoma as we only lived there a short time! Thanks! Heather hessjah1 at yahoo dot com

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Our family would like to learn more about Ohio. It is my husband’s home state. However, we now live in Australia. amrodd at tantryx.com

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This looks SO cool!! We are driving across the country this summer when we move!!

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We love your blog, we would love to study California!

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I would love to learn more about how Washington DC was created and my boys love geography so it would be fun to learn about all the states.

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Oh my! This is perfect timing!! I was just planning to start some simple geography lessons with my daughter!! We live in Maryland (and are fairly new to the area) so I would love to learn more about our state!! playinghouseinmaryland (at) hotmail (dot) com

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I follow Homeschool Creations! :) [email protected]

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Love this giveaway! I would love to learn more about South Carolina. [email protected]

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I am subscribed to Homeschool Creations.

I would love this curriculum! Our home burned down last year, and I lost everything. I am trying to rebuild my homeschool collection, but it takes a while! I would love to study some of the upper East coast states, such as Delaware and New Hampshire.

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I just signed up to follow your blog. I really hope I can win this curriculum. My son is fascinated with the United States and would love to learn more information about all the states. This curriculum really speaks to his learning style so it would really work for him. Right now, we’re interested in learning more about Hawaii because my brother and his wife are moving there for a new job. [email protected] is my email address for contacting me.

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I signed up with Homeschool Creations for an extra entry. [email protected] is my email in case I win.

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Ohio, Thanks fot having this giveaway.

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I subscribe to both and LOVE both. Wonderful, wonderful ideas that have helped sooo much in our homeschool.

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We would love to learn more about Arizona. Thanks for the opportunity to with this. Blessing, Lori [email protected]

It’s on facebook!

I think my kids would like to learn even MORE about our own state, Louisiana or maybe Texas because we just visited the Alamo in March. I am very interested in this curriculum, it is on my wish list!

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I would love to lear more about Ohio, the state fy friend lives in! It has always sounded lovely to me!

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i would love to learn more about LA as we just moved here from TX and would like to also know about NC as that is where my father is from.

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I put RoadTrip USA on my “new” curriculum list because my children really want to learn more about Florida and California…the homes of Mickey Mouse!

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I suppose Hawaii or Alaska, would be my two first choices to study. Something really different. Thanks for this opportunity

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I would LOVE to learn about Washington D.C. We are going to travel the east coast next summer in our pop-up and gonig to spend quite a few days in D.C. visiting the museums.

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Thank you so much for the opportunity! This would be a blessing to use with our learning time :)

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I would love to learn more about them all but the kids would love to learn about idaho since that is home. [email protected]

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I’m a follower and would love to have this for my boys. We’d love to learn more about CA (our home state) and TX (their cousins’ state). Thanks for the chance.

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I would love to learn more about Nebraska and New York. My family is from there!

Homeschool creations follower! (more like cyber stalker lol)

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I would love to win this, we would love to learn about California!

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I would like to learn more about Washington. I grew up in VA, where we learned about our own state during all the regular history. My boys were born here in WA and know nothing about it!

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I would love to have Missouri since I teach K in Missouri! :)

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I am from Wyoming, but somehow missed out on the state history in Junior High.

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As a newer resident of NC, I would enjoy learning more about my new home state!

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I think Oregon would be fun.

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I’ve lived in Virginia for 10 years but I feel like I know so little about it!

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My boys would love to learn more about either Florida or Louisiana for starters.

We’ve been watching Swamp People, learning about hurricanes/tornadoes, that termites can live there (we live *much* farther north) , and so on. :D

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I would love to teach our kids more about South Dakota before we head there this summer!

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Project Based Learning Idea: Plan a Road Trip

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Project based learning is a great way to expose students to real world problems and activities. PBL activities engage them in learning skills and problem solving in a way that traditional class activities don’t. If you’ve never tried a PBL project, you will love it, AND your students will ask for more! These project based learning ideas for middle school and elementary students are just what you need to get started.

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Who doesn’t love an epic road trip? Road trips are filled with memories, fun, adventure, and excitement.  But planning a road trip is anything but easy. There are so many amazing math, reading, writing, map reading and problem solving skills involved in a road trip that it is the perfect task for a fun project based learning activity.

Plan a Road Trip Project

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This project based learning activity  will have your students planning a road trip from start to finish.  Students can work independently or in small groups as they work through this PBL project. Although working in small groups can sometimes be more difficult, it also gives students opportunities to develop communication skills and inter-personal problem solving skills.

A great way to introduce this project is to show kids a variety of print or video commercials for vacation destinations. Show pictures from a personal road trip that you’ve taken. You can even ask your students to talk about road trips they have taken with their families or friends. Once the class is excited about the topic, it’s time to let them get started

The  Plan a Road Trip PBL Project  has everything you need to get you class started. Just choose the activities from the packet you want your students to complete. Start with the planning pages included in the project. You can then do all of the activities or choose the ones that best meet your own learning objectives.

This resource includes a variety of printable activity pages and 3 final projects – more than enough for a great PBL unit. You can choose to have the students complete one final activity at the end, or weave them into the project so they ultimately complete all three projects.

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1. Choose a Destination

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Students start by choosing 4 possible destinations for their road trip. After doing some basic research on each location they then narrow down their options to one final destination.

Let your students determine whether they will visit one place or make a loop from start to finish in order to see multiple locations, or whether to travel near or far. For older students, a great way to add a new level of complexity to the project is to give them an overall road trip budget.

After students choose their destination, you could add in project #1, Mapping the Route. This would be a great place to have students create a map of the road trip with labeled states and destinations!

2. Prepare for the Road Trip

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Choosing the destination is just the start! Students will then work on planning their road trip. In this planning phase they will be working on activities like:

  • The Packing List
  • Must-See Spots
  • Places to Stay
  • Distance Traveled
  • Time and Money on the Road
  • So Much More!

As students research and complete the pages, they use many different problem-solving skills, while strengthening their reading, writing, and math skills. As you can see there is no academic skill loss in this project!

Students will document their amazing  road trip project  by creating their own road trip selfies, music play list and more.  They will send postcards to their friends from one or more locations and they can even design a billboard for one of the tourist attractions they visit.

3. A Virtual Road Trip

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Once back home from their virtual road trip students will spend some time reminiscing!  They will love writing about their favorite places and activities along the way. This is the perfect place for project #3 – An Amazing Destination. In this persuasive writing activity, students write about their destination in an attempt to get others to visit it too!

Finish up with your very own Travel TV Show where students present their road trips to the class.  A fun way to end is to let students vote on where they want to go next based on their classmates presentations!

4. The Final Projects

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Once students have completed the planning pages, it’s time to assign one (or all) of the three final projects! You can choose any or all of these final projects. And yes, the scoring rubrics are included!

Final Road Trip Project Options:

  • Mapping the Route
  • Create a Destination Brochure
  • An Amazing Destination Paragraph Writing

Once back home from their virtual road trip students will spend some time reminiscing!  They will love writing about their favorite places and activities along the way.  This is the perfect place for project #3 – An Amazing Destination.  This persuasive writing activity has students write about their road trip or one destination in an attempt to get others to visit it too!

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If you need more ideas on  how to use project based learning in your classroom, check out this blog post filled with ideas .

Are you a parent or family getting ready to go on an actual road trip? Check out this great list of  30 Road Trip Trivia Games  by Outdoorish.com!

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Project: road trip - an engaging educational resource.

'Project: Road Trip' is an effective teaching resource, ideally suited for students at the 8th to 11th grade level. It transcends conventional educational areas and focuses on life skills and geography, essentially forming a part of social studies.

The main aim is to familiarize students with road maps' intricacies and imbue strategic planning skills.

Versatility in Teaching Formats

  • This resource adapts seamlessly across different teaching scenarios such as whole group classroom lessons, smaller discussion-based groups or even thought-provoking homework assignments which can involve entire households!
  • A strong emphasis on cooperative learning fosters teamwork among student groups while sparking competitiveness.

Activity Structure & Challenge Elements

The main task revolves around planning a route between two cities using genuine road maps (like those freely available from AAA). But it doesn't just stop at tracing routes. Students must also decide specific pitstops within set hours at capped speed limits. One interesting twist is each group having one 'secret' stopping point undisclosed to others adding intrigue.

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  • Giving specific roles ensures smooth navigation through the project tasks right up till delivering final presentations which bring out their journey preparation process vividly before others.
  • This method magnifies various skill sets like critical thinking abilities, organization proficiency, time management qualities, strategic planning efficiencies and successful communication in a palpable way.

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The project format (Rich Text Format) ensures hassle-free accessibility to educators without dependence on specific software tools or applications. That's undoubtedly the convergence of practicality with interactive learning.

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U.S. State Lapbook:

My  U.S. State Lapbook  unit includes fun and engaging mini-books to help enhance your student’s U.S. Geography studies. I encourage you to have your students draw or print pictures from the internet to add to their lapbooks as well. They can decorate the lapbook any way they like to make it more engaging and unique to them.

You can use my U.S. State Lapbooks as a supplement to my  Road Trip USA: United States Geography Curriculum  or any other U.S. State study as well. You can even use it as a stand-alone project and have your student create a lapbook for each state as you study it.

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Learn all about the U.S. Presidents with these fun notebooking pages! There is one notebooking page for each  U.S. President  that students can use to do their own research on or use with another U.S. President study. They’re perfect to use along with my  Road Trip USA  curriculum. This bundle is also customizable  for use with any U.S. President study of your choice! There are also blank note pages in the back for any additional information you might like your student to research. 

The U.S. Presidents Notebooking Pages Bundle includes:

  • 46 U.S. President Notebooking Pages – (Washington – Biden)
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From the signing of the  Declaration of Independence to the  wild west , you’ll uncover all the secrets this Nation has to offer in my Road Trip USA Curriculum ! Within this curriculum, you’ll discover the sights and sounds of all  50 states , including state symbols,  U.S. Presidents , famous  people ,  landmarks , historical  events , and much more! For you  history buffs , this is a great introduction for young learners!

You will start out learning about the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Revolutionary War. Then you’ll move south to learn more about the Civil War and Underground Railroad. From there you’ll journey with Lewis & Clark through the mid-west, live with the Hopi in the southwest, then venture out into the wild west on a covered wagon ride!

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Get ready for an exciting voyage across the world!  Come along as we walk on the  Great Wall of China , wander through the  Amazon Rainforest , and climb the Egyptian Pyramids! Within the Expedition Earth World Geography curriculum, you’ll discover the sights and sounds of 31 countries across the globe. You’ll get hands-on with fun activities, crafts, recipes, and more! So grab your passports, and get ready to go! It’s time for  Expedition Earth !

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Good Morning, I am presenting your curriculum to our co-op board next week. I see in the Core Resources section of the sample pages that there is a student workbook. Is that included in the full curriculum upon purchase? Thank you.

Yes, there is a teacher’s manual and student workbook for both the Expedition Earth and Road Trip USA.

Are either curriculums doable in about a year?

They aren’t setup for one year, but you could just double up on the reading assignments to get through it in a year.

What age group is this intended for and is it adaptable to multiple grade levels?I have a 4th, 2nd, and an advanced PK. I do geography as a group subject and would like to include my PK if i can.

It is for elementary grades, 2nd and 4th are perfect! It might be a bit tough for your prek child, but they can certainly participate in the crafts/activities I just wouldn’t expect them to know the states well at that stage.

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Pre-Algebra Road Trip Project

By: Author Sarah Carter

Posted on Published: July 22, 2012  - Last updated: December 3, 2022

Categories Projects , Ratios/Proportions

Well, since I’m preparing to start my first year of teaching, I decided that I really needed to finish posting the last few projects I did during my student teaching. 

pre-algebra road trip project

During my last week of student teaching , my cooperating teacher asked me to come up with a creative way to review some of the 8th grade math standards. 

A lot of my students had been struggling with the concept of proportions.  With lots of practice, they had been improving, but many students still weren’t comfortable with solving proportions. 

US Map for Pre-Algebra Road Trip Project

I wanted to show students that proportions were definitely applicable to their lives.  So, I created this pre-algebra road trip project.  It actually turned into a 3-part project because the students were enjoying it so much. 

Pre-Algebra Road Trip Project

Each student chose 5 cities to travel to on their road trip.  Using a ruler, they drew out their route on a US map.  Then, using the map scale, students determined the length of their road trip in miles.

Day 2 of the road trip project was spent using gas mileage and fuel costs for various vehicles to determine which vehicle students would take on their road trip.  

On Day 3, we calculated food costs, hotel costs, and rental car costs.  By the end of the 3-day project, students were much, much, much more comfortable working with ratios and proportions. 

It was an amazing experience to see the light bulbs go off with so many of my students.

Looking back at Day 2 and 3, there are a ton of little things I would change.  I actually changed the rental car problem on Day 3 because my students were having a ton of trouble with it.  I just did a flat rate per day.

This pre-algebra road trip project is easily adjusted based on your time limitations and the level of your students.  This was never intended on being a 3-day project.  It just sort of evolved into one. 

My 8th graders really enjoyed it.  My cooperating teacher enjoyed it.  My University Supervisor even observed me on Day 3 of the project. 

The lesson was a little more chaotic than I had planned, but my supervisor complimented me on the project.  He even asked for electronic copies of the files to send to some math teachers in China.   

Edited to Add : I have also done this with my Algebra 1 students.

Since I had already done this project with 8th graders, I thought my Algebra 1 students would be able to whiz right through it.  I was wrong.  I had to teach many of my students how to read a ruler. 

Rounding to the nearest quarter inch was a disaster.  And, the questions students asked me made me feel more like a geography teacher than a math teacher. 

These are actual conversations I had with my Algebra 1 students during this activity.

Me: Class, today we are going on a road trip.  If we’re going on a road trip, that means we will be traveling on… Class: Roads! Me: Yes, so that means we can’t travel to… Class: Hawaii Student 1: Why can’t you drive to Hawaii?  Me: Hawaii is an island.  That means it is surrounded by water. Student 2: Why does Hawaii look so weird? Custodian who just happens to be emptying the trash at this point: Hawaii is a series of small islands. Student 3: Do you mean you can’t drive between the little islands? Custodian: No.  When I was in Hawaii, we traveled between the islands by taking ferries. 

Student 1: Is Washington, D.C. here? [The student is pointing at Washington state.] Me: No. Student 2: No, Washington, D.C. is in Virginia.

Student 1: I think this map is wrong. Me: Why? Student 1: Oklahoma City should be above Tulsa.

Student 1: Do you mean Nashville, Tennessee is in the United States? Me: Yes.  Nashville is in the U.S. Student 1: I’ve heard of it before, but I didn’t realize it was in the U.S.

I required my students to write both the city and the state they were visiting on their assignment.  One student wrote that she was traveling to New Jersey, PA. 

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Video with Instructions on Completing the Road Trip Project

I ran across a YouTube video that someone created to walk students through completing the Road Trip Project. I thought I would link it here in case it was of use to anybody.

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Wednesday 4th of September 2019

Any chance you have the CC standards that are associated with this project?

Monday 27th of May 2019

Great project!

Friday 25th of January 2019

FOR STEP FOUR OF DAY ONE DID YOU HAVE THE STUDENTS USE THE UNIT CONVERSION OF MILES TO INCHES AND THEN SET THAT EQUAL TO THEIR DISTANCE?

Tuesday 30th of October 2018

i think she used a lot of creativity to make this project.

Monday 20th of February 2017

what is the cost/gallon of the fuel? Where do you get it from?

Thursday 18th of May 2017

I'm was the one that needed help that says anonymous

And my email is eliasdaniel4599[at]gmail.com, thank you

Hello their Sarah I'm having trouble with this project if you could plzz send me the answers like all of it plzzz:( this is due Friday my grade is at a D right now just plzz I'm sorry for bugging like asap lol thank you

Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)

Friday 3rd of March 2017

I got the fuel data for 25 miles from https://www.fueleconomy.gov/

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PLAN A VACATION PROJECT gives you the best of blended learning using math, writing, and geography. Students love this project where they budget and plan a TWO-WEEK VACATION from your school to their driving destination in the United States, including food, lodging, gas, and attractions. Links to restaurants and hotels are provided!

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