Objectives:

• Find a new car, used car, new dream car, used dream car.
• Locate the Kelly Blue Book value for each car.
• Calculate the monthly payment both of vehicles with a 36 month term, zero down, with and without insurance.
• Name the today’s interest rate for both new and used cars.

Materials:

• Computer
• Internet
• Yahoo email address
• Buying a car website: http://research.soe.purdue.edu/challenge/hypermedia/04_05/Anna_Stumpf/teacher.htm
• Record Sheet and Directions handouts

Warm-up:

• Complete Crossword, teen insurance crosswork and answer trivia question.

The scent of Crayola® crayons is among the 20 most recognizable smells to American adults. It is number 18. Name the #1 scent.

Coffee is #1, Peanut butter is #2, and Crayola crayons is #18.

Class Activities:

• Students will go to their email accounts and find the link necessary to complete the buying a car webquest.
• Students will be instructed to research for different vehicles: new car, used car, new dream car, used dream car.
• Students will locate and record: car make and model, year, mileage, asking price, car worth, monthly payment, insurance monthly payment, and total monthly payment to purchase each vehicle. They will also be required to locate the current interest rate for new and used cars.

Assessment:

• Completion of webquest
• Completed buying a car record sheet.

Julie Buckman
Hampton High School
Hampton VA