SampleStudentSamples

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 * Content Area || Type II Technology Used || UMF Creator || Brief Overview || Link ||
 * Science || digital movie || Julia || Your Alien planet has found that it is a lot like the planet Earth, and because of this they want to research the many advancements Earth has made. You work for the National Science Foundation on your home planet and must show that the scientific advances Earth has made are worth researching and applying to your planet. You and your colleagues have come across a book written by an Earthling known as Sir Isaac Newton, in it he explains his Three Law's of Motion. Not only do you find these laws interesting but you think that you can find a way to prove that they can be applied to your planet. As a research scientist in another universe you have come across an interesting paper on Newton’s Three Laws of Motion, you believe these laws to be true but your boss does not agree. The department you work in does research on other planets’ scientific accomplishments and in order to keep departmental funding and continue your research on the planet Earth you must make them believe these laws are true. Your task is to design an experiment that will prove that one of the laws is true, and can be used on your planet. To make your scientific community believe that your research is worthwhile you must create a video to present your research, it must include information about who Newton was, shows your experiment, and explains why your experiment works on your planet. You and your colleagues will be presenting your research in front of your boss and the company's board of directors, in order to gain the required funding to continue your research. || http://newtonunit.wikispaces.com/Student+Sample ||
 * Social Studies || digital movie || Andrea S. || The Hundred Years War was a bloody, intense conflict. While it was not one hundred years of constant fighting, it was periodically revived for over a century. At the root of the conflict were economic disputes, political disputes, as well as a dispute over the succession of the French throne. The Hundred Years' War caused several changes in the political, social, and economic structures of France and England, and these changes would have rippling effects throughout the rest of French and English history. During this conflict, many lives were lost. Could it have been possible to have prevented the war, and prevented this loss of life? We shall find out! You are a member of the House of Plantagenet or House of Valois. You have been long in conflict with the other house, and your countries stand on the brink of war. Suddenly you get an invitation from across time and space, from over 650 years in the future. Someone named "Jerry Springer" has read about the war you're about to fight in the history books, and has offered his services as a mediator. He wants you to come and appear on his "talk show" on something called "television". You meet with the other house, and you agree to appear on this "talk show" to make one final attempt at resolving this conflict without going to war. || http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-nZzEjdNmg ||
 * Social Studies || digital audio recording || Robbie S. || In the aftermath of World War I, Germany is forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles, which makes them pay massive reparations to the victorious European nations. When Germany tries to pay the reparations it is launched into a huge depression and faced with hyperinflation of its currency. In early 1923, when the hyperinflation was at it's worst, Germans had to bring wheelbarrows of money to buy a simple loaf of bread. In late 1923 the Reichsmark, the German currency, was stabilized. All throughout the 1920's Germany was in a state of chaos. In 1929 when the great depression occurred in the U.S. it led Germany into an equally devastating depression with unemployment reaching as high as 29 percent at it's worst. It is in this context that German citizens meet to decide what should be done. You are a regular German citizen of a certain profession in the late 1920's. You are preparing for a speech at a political meeting to discuss the Germany's political and economic future, and what path should be taken to ensure Germany's political and economic stability. You must prepare a persuasive speech to try to convince the rest of the people at the meeting that your party and/or political solutions are the correct way to give Germany political and economic stability. You will then present your speech after which the whole crowd at the meeting will discuss it and decide whether or not you have persuaded them to follow the path you think is best for Germany. || [] ||
 * Math || virtual algebra tiles ||  || Congratulations! You have the chance to be the next Rachel Ray! You and your cooking partner have just been asked to compete as chefs on Food Network’s newest competitive cooking show, Vegetarian Gardener. But first you have to show your math and gardening skills by growing your own ingredients in a limited space.The first stage of the competition is to find a winning vegetarian recipe, and to use vegetables grown in your own garden, using only the space that the network has provided for you. You and your partner will present a diagram of your garden to the panel of judges which includes a local farmer, a mathematician, and a world-renowned vegetarian chef. You must convince each of them that you have the best recipe and garden design. || http://cheyanne224-sample.blogspot.com/2008/03/vegan-gardener.html ||
 * Social Studies || Jared L. ||  || You are an American CIA operative. You have been invited to a secret meeting in the White House with the President of the United States and his/her top advisors. This group is trying to determine the best way to take over different countries but first need background information on these countries. You have just returned from a secret mission to another country where you needed to discover the differences and similarities of that country and the United States. You kept a video diary which shows your travels and describes what you discovered. You will be expected to present this video to teach the president and advisors about the country you visited. ||  [|Sample Number 1]