This document outlines a webquest where students manage a monthly budget by choosing a career, salary, vehicle, and estimating costs of daily necessities. The task, process, and evaluation sections provide steps for students to research career salaries, vehicle costs, and price common household items to see if their salary can support the estimated expenses. If the expenses are greater than their salary, students must adjust their selections to fit within their budget. The conclusion reflects on the challenges of financial responsibility.

1. Student Page
Manage Your Money Properly
Title For Educators
Introduction Designed by
Task Vince Manuella
Process vrm7@zips.uakron.edu
Evaluation
Conclusion
Credits Based on a template from The WebQuest Page

2. Student Page
Introduction
Title For this webquest you will have to manage your monthly budget for
one week. You will take your monthly salary and find out how much
Introduction you will have to save in order to meet your monthly budget. In the
Task following slides you will find out how you will need to do this and
what steps you will need to take.
Process
Evaluation
Conclusion
Credits

3. Student Page
The Task
Your task is to pick a career that you are interested in. You will then figure out your
Title monthly salary and budget your profits over a one month period. You will also pick a car
that you will drive and figure out that monthly payment and include it in your budget. You
Introduction must also include daily products including:
Task
Shampoo
Process Soap
Toothpaste and toothbrush
Evaluation Deodorant
Dish Soap
Conclusion Laundry Soap
Groceries
Credits

4. Student Page The Process
To accomplish your task you will work individually. The steps you will need to finish this
WebQuest are as follows:
Title 1.First you will pick a career
2.Once you have found a career that interests you, you will search for it’s yearly salary
Introduction 3.After you figure out the yearly salary you will divide by twelve to get your monthly budget
4.You will now pick a car. You can either use a car payment that you previously pay or go to
Task any dealership website and pick a car. If you go to a dealership website you must find out the
Process total value of the car and divide by twelve to find out your monthly payment. (Remember you
have other items that you will need to purchase so be smart choosing your car!)
Evaluation 5.Once you have completed all of this you will go to either walmart.com or target.com and
figure out the value for the items that are listed under The Task section.
Conclusion 6.Once all of these steps have been completed you must add up all your totals and subtract
them from your careers’ monthly salary.
7.If you return a positive number then you have budgeted your money well, if you return a
negative number you must repeat steps four through six until you return a positive number.
It will be important for you to cite all of your findings that you find online and keep track of
all the websites that you use. I have provided a few for you to use to help you get started.
•http://www.gotcredit.com/incomecalculator.php
•www.walmart.com
•www.target.com
•www.ford.com
•www.chevrolet.com
•www.nissanusa.com
Once you have found all of your information you will turn it in on a separate sheet of paper
that will list your monthly car payment and all of your other monthly items listed. Once you
have added all of these items up you will then subtract from your monthly salary and circle
your answer. The project will be due in two weeks.
Credits

5. Student Page
Evaluation
Beginning Developing Accomplished Exemplary Score
Title 1 2 3 4
Project was Project was turned in late Project was turned in late Project was turned in on Project was turned in
Introduction turned in neat and did not meet several and met only a few time but did not meet all on time and met all of
and on time. neatness requirements neatness requirements of the neatness the neatness
requirements. requirements.
Task
Process All sources Zero of the sources were 1-2 sources were cited 3 of the sources were All of the sources were
are cited cited correctly correctly cited correctly cited correctly
Evaluation correctly
Conclusion
All of the None of the utilities 1-3 utilities on the list 4-5 utilities on the list All of the daily utilities
daily utilities provided on the list were were met were met on the list provided
on the list met were met
provided was
met
You must You chose a very You chose an unrealistic You chose a realistic You chose a realistic
choose a unrealistic career and career and a realistic car career but an unrealistic career and a realistic
realistic vehicle car car
career and
vehicle
Follow all Directions were not Few directions were Most directions were All direction were
directions followed followed followed followed
Credits

6. Student Page
Conclusion
By finishing this WebQuest you have seen how tough it can be to manage money. I hope
Title this WebQuest has shown you that you must be smart with your money so that you will
have a successful life. I also hope this WebQuest has shown you how much even the bare
Introduction minimum costs and how important it is to have a well paying job.
Task
Process
Evaluation
Conclusion
Credits

7. Student Page
Credits & References
Title Include a link back to The WebQuest Page and The WebQuest Slideshare Group so that
others can acquire the latest version of this template and training materials.
Introduction
•http://www.gotcredit.com/incomecalculator.php
Task
•www.walmart.com
Process •www.target.com
•www.ford.com
Evaluation •www.chevrolet.com
•www.nissanusa.com
Conclusion
Credits