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Exquisite Excursions

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Students locate 6 cities, one on each of the 6 major continents. They find distance for each leg of their journey, convert to percents, use a time zone map, and convert to foreign currencies.

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currency, time zones, percents

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currencies, percents, time zones, math
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Grade
4th - 6th
Subjects
Math
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