WebQuest

World Shopping Spree

A WebQuest for Family and Consumer Sciences

Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion

Introduction

You have decided to compare prices in a major way. You will shop in four different English-speaking countries for the same merchandise, convert the prices using current exchange rates, and choose the best buy (excluding shipping costs!).

The Task

Using Internet resources for shopping in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Great Britain, you will select 2 items to buy in all four countries. Once you find the local cost, you will convert that price to US dollars and compare the costs.

The Process

1. Browse the online shopping resources for the United States, Canada, Australia, and Great Britain.

2. Select two items to study.

3. Look up the cost in all four countries for each of the items.

4. Using current exchange rates, convert all prices to US dollars.

5. Make a table and/or graph to illustrate results. Use EXCELL, making one graph for each of the three items.

6. Write a report describing your results. Is the cost of each item the same in all countries? Is there a pattern where all items are more or less in some countries? Can you find an explanation?

Resources:
Yahoo US Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com
Yahoo Canada Shopping: http://ca.shopping.yahoo.com
Yahoo Australia Shopping: http://au.shopping.yahoo.com
Yahoo UK and Ireland Shopping: http://uk.shopping.yahoo.com
Exchange Rate Converter: http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic

Evaluation

Grading Rubric

Criteria

Points

	1	2 – 3 – 4	5 – 6 – 7 - 8	9 – 10
Selected two items to compare	Not provided	Selected only 1 items	Selected but did not compare adequately	Selected and compared 2 similar items	____
Compared the cost in each of the four countries	Did not compare costs	Did not find and compare costs accurately for all four countries.	Compared costs accurately in three countries	Completed to specifications	____
Converted prices in each country to U.S. dollars	Did not convert to U.S. dollars.	Converted some of the items to U.S. dollars.	Converted most of the items to U.S. dollars.	Completed to specifications.	____
Made a table or graph to illustrate results.	Did not illustrate results.	Illustrated some of the results.	Illustrated most of the results.	Completed to specifications.	____
Wrote a report, comparing costs and contrasting countries.	Did not complete.	Report related some of the results.	Report related most of the results.	Completed to specifications.	____
				Total---->	____

Conclusion

In this activity, you will use the Internet as a data source for a problem solving activity. You will be using real-world shopping and currency data to analyze a purchase. You will use your reasoning skills to reach a conclusion based on the data, and will communicate your conclusions in a written report.

Last updated in July 2002. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page