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Ultimate Werewolf

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Your quiet little 16th century village has suddenly become infested with some very unfriendly werewolves...can you and the other villagers find them before they devour everyone?

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
ELA
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
30 min.
Ultimate Werewolf

RoboRally

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WARNING: LASERS ACTIVE!
As one of several supercomputers in a fully automated widget factory, you have it made.
You are brilliant.
Your are powerful.
You are sophisticated.
You are BORED.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
45 min.
RoboRally

Manhattan

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Building boom in Manhattan! But not only there! Sky-scrapers are springing up all around the world.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Special Education
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
45 min.
Manhattan

Settlers of Catan

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Players are recent immigrants to the unpopulated island of Catan. Expand your colony through the building of settlements and roads by harvesting commodities from the land around you. Trade earned resources for settlements, roads or development cards.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
60 min.
Settlers of Catan

Settlers of Catan: Seafarers

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NOTE - this is an expansion to Settlers of Catan and requires the base game to play.
In Catan: Seafarers, you control a group of bold seafaring settlers exploring and taming the beautiful, uncharted Isles of Catan.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Family/Consumer Science
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
60 min.
Settlers of Catan: Seafarers

Shadows Over Camelot

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In most games, players compete against each other to achieve victory. Shadows over Camelot proposes a journey of a very different kind, where you and your fellow players, as Knights of the Round Table, will collaborate to jointly defeat... the game!

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
60 min.
Shadows Over Camelot

Chicago Express

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America's industrial boom would have been unthinkable without the railroads. It was only possible to open up this huge country by transporting the necessary materials over long distances.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Business/Technology
Play Time: 
60 min.
Chicago Express

Food, Inc.: You'll Never Look at Dinner the Same Way Again (2008)

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Food, Inc. lifts the veil on the food industry, exposing how our food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Food, Inc. reveals surprising - and often shocking - truths about what we eat, how it's produced and who we have become as a society.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
01:34
Food, Inc.: You'll Never Look at Dinner the Same Way Again

Gasland: Can You Light Your Water on Fire (2010)

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In 2009, filmmaker Josh Fox learned his home in the Delaware River Basin was on top of the Marcellus Shale, a rock formation containing natural gas that stretches across New York, Pennsylvania and huge stretches of the Northeast.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
01:46
Gasland: Can You Light Your Water on Fire

Tapped (2010)

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Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig's debut feature is an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
01:16
Tapped

E-Pirates of the Digital Age: Copyright Issues in Software and Music (2007)

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This program will analyze a variety of contemporary issues which are related to the use of ICT in society focusing specifically on piracy and copyright of computer-related media, including software, games and music. New technology has had an incredible impact on the way people use information.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:27
E-Pirates of the Digital Age: Copyright Issues in Software and Music

How to Digital Stories (2007)

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A digital story is a form of media that allows students to share their creative writing in a way that can be expressed through audio files, digital photos and imagery. It can be shared via email or downloadable link and can be stored safely on a CD, DVD, website, computer hard drive or other storage device.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:23
How to Digital Stories

Job Search in the 21st Century (2006)

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What are the most efficient and effective ways of finding employment in the 21st century? This program provides valuable strategies on how to use the internet for job search, including searching employment sites and employer sites. Viewers will learn about the power of networking and how to apply for a job online.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:24
Job Search in the 21st Century

Dave Thomas: Made to Order (1998)

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Dave Thomas: Made to Order. Story of the lovable guy behind the Wendy's fast-food empire. He began with Kentucky Fried Chicken and invented the famous bucket of chicken with Colonel Sander's face on it. After leaving KFC, he started in Wendy's commercials in 1989--the first of 500 thus far.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:50
Dave Thomas: Made to Order

Ray Kroc: Fast Food Millionaire (1998)

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U.S. restaurateur, a pioneer of the fast-food industry. He was working as a blender salesman when he discovered a restaurant in San Bernardino, Calif., owned by Maurice and Richard McDonald, who used an assembly-line format to prepare and sell a large volume of hamburgers, french fries, and milk shakes.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:50
Ray Kroc: Fast Food Millionaire

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