Introduction
It is important to begin preparing for life after high school now! If you plan on living on your own or participating in a transition program after you have graduated, you will need to learn these essential life skills.
Task
Living on your own requires a lot of work on your part. This WebQuest will help you learn what it takes to live on your own after high school. Working a part-time job, whilst studying in your community, you will be earning an income of $2000.00 each month. You will need to research various expenses and show your maths skills by staying within your budget. Good Luck!
Process
Living on your own requires a lot of work on your part. This WebQuest will help you learn what it takes to live on your own after high school. Working a part-time job and studying in your community, you will be earning an income of $2000.00 each month. Expenses that you will need to pay monthly will be:
- Rent (which includes gas, electric, and water)
- Pay TV/ Netflix/ Foxtel
- Mobile Phone
- Groceries
- Leisure Activities
You can live with up to TWO other people. If you live with 1 other person you can split the rent in half. If you live with 2 other people you can split the rent into thirds.
Final product: Using a budget sheet template (that you have to find online and adapt to suit your needs) you will show how you calculated your monthly expenses while staying within your budget. You will also create a PowerPoint displaying the expenses you paid for using a picture of the products/services you are using with the monetary amount attached to it.
Roles / Expertise: You will be responsible for submitting your own budget and researching your own expenses. (Submit in schoology both your budget and your powerpoint) Remember you have to SHARE LINKS from your drive)
Rent
Use of the Web: You will use the internet to search for an apartment you would like within the city of Colorado Spring. You can use the web site
Places to rent in Colorado Springs (click this link)
Cable TV (or other forms) & Phone
You will also research different phone companies/pay TV to figure out what plan you would like for your mobile phone and pay TV for television. You can use the following sites:
Compare Phone Companies (Click this link)
Compare Cable TV or Other ways to view (click this link)
Other TV viewing options (click this link)
Food
Food and other costs national average (click this link)
Evaluation
You will be marked in four categories that will go towards your class mark:
1st: Budget template-how accurate is it?15 points
2nd: PowerPoint-Did you include all components 20 points
3rd: Creativity-How creative you were with your PowerPoint? (animations, background, pictures, transitions)
Upload ALL documents into schoology.