Introduction
It's Friday night, and you and your friends want to have a night on the town. After covering money and how to make a budget, you feel confident that you will not spend over a certain amount of money. You also feel confident that you know your money, so you are pretty excited! 
Task
Your task is to budget your money. You are to figure out if you can go to the events listed in the process section and still stay witin the budget of $60.00.
There are Two steps to the process
Step 1 : visit the locations: go out to eat (pick a meal), Movie, (pick a movie and write the name, and showtime), and go to Botanica Gardens. Add up the cost.
Step 2: Explain if you stayed within the budget of $60.00 and state if you can "Go out on the town" or stay at home. You need to identify what math operation you are going to use.
Process
Here is your issue to solve
This weekend, you decided to test yourself on your money handeling and budget skills. You and your friends decide to visit a few places Friday night. Those locations are as follows:
1.) Out to eat (Buffalo Wild Wings). Pick a meal that you want to eat, just don't eat too pricey.
2.) Movie (Warren Theater)
3.) Bontanica Garden Illuminations event
You and your friends decide on a budget of $60.00. You need to figure out if these activites will cause you to go over the budget or not. If you do go over budget, then you CANNOT GO OUT! You are going to visit websites for these activities and find the prices for them. Then calculate the total that you will spend, and be able to explain if you CAN or CANNOT do the activities. Also... you need to write down the name of the movie and the showtime.
Website links
http://www.botanica.org/illuminations-2014-adult-ticket
http://www.warrentheatres.com/nowshowing.asp
http://www.buffalowildwings.com/Global/menutier_pdfs/P16_Q4_2012_Call_A…
Think to yourself
What operation am I going to use? Am I going to subtract or add my these prices to make $60.00?
Evaluation
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluted on you ability to budget and stay within the budget limit. You will also be evaluted on your math process and knowing what operation (adding or subtracting) is appropriate for the problem. Moreover, you will be evaluated on your independence level during.
| Life Skills Project Rubric | |||
| Poor 1 pts |
Fair 3 pts |
Great 5 pts |
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| Independence | Poor Student is struggling with concepts and needs ample guidance from the instructor. |
Fair Student was able to work independently with some guidance from the instructor. Student could perform efficiently on task, but may have needed some help with math accuracy. |
Great Student displayed great levels of independence. Student could work through the project with little or no help. Student was able to respond correctly when teacher checked for understanding of topic. |
| Accuracy | Poor Student is struggling with math concepts. Student needs constant guidance from the instructor. Revisiting math concepts is needed. |
Fair Student needs minimal guidance when utilizing the order of operations. Student is able to configure math problems with minimal assistance. |
Great Student comprehends math concepts and understands what order of operation to utilize. |
| Reflection about Budget | Poor Student has troubles providing a comprehensive reflection about the project. Student does not understand the math concepts or life skills concepts involved in project. May need to revisit lesson. |
Fair Student is able to provided a comprehensive reflection (spoken or written) but may need some scaffolding from instructor. Student comprehends math and life skills concepts with minimal scaffolding. |
Great Student is able to provide a comprehensive reflection (spoken or written) of how the student solved the problem(s). Student is able to reflect on the math concepts and life skills concepts of the project. |
Conclusion
Things to think about
During the course of the semester, we have studied money and how to make a budget. Therefore, I want you to think about some of the following questions, and be able to explain what you think about them.
1.) Is it important to make a budget for yourself, and is it important to set limits on your spending?
2.) Is it important to know the math process of budgeting?
3.) Do you think creating a budget is a skill that you need to know? Why or why not?