Nuts

The Nuts and Bolts of Learning

Thursday, October 22, 2020

Today is International Stuttering Awareness Day and National Nut Day.

ON THIS DATE

• 1797 - André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump from a balloon over Paris.
• 1836 - Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
• 1962 - President John F. Kennedy announces an air and naval blockade of Cuba 

BIRTHDAYS

• 1811 - Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt
• 1844 - French actor Sarah Bernhardt
• 1882 - Painter and illustrator N. C. Wyeth
• 1903 - Actor and comedian Curly Howard
• 1913 - Photographer Robert Capa
• 1920 -Psychologist Timothy Leary
• 1952 - Actor Jeff Goldblum

SONGS OF THE DAY 
Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - LISTEN

THEME:  Nuts

• Grades PreK-4 - Arthur - Peanut Allergy Collection - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts -The Best Acorn Planter - Clips - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-7 - PBS LearningMedia - George Washington Carver:  Scientist, Inventor, and Teacher (Available in Spanish) - VIEW
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Acorns Count - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - America's Heartland - Walnuts - Health & Harvest - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - The Nutcracker (NATURE style!) -VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Chipmunk Showdown - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Virginia Peanuts - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - How Brazil Nuts are Helping Protect the Amazon Rainforest -VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia -The Peanut Solution - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - How Do Squirrels Find Their Nuts? | It's Okay to Be Smart - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Arts in Context -  Art in a Nutshell - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Making a New American NUTCRACKER (ballet!) -VIEW

Watch 

• 12-12:30 pm NH WORLD - Illustrative Math - Grade 6, Unit 2, Lessons 3 & 5: Recipes And Defining Equivalent Ratios
• 12:30-1 pm NH WORLD - Illustrative Math - Grade 7, Unit 2, Lesson 6: Using Equations To Solve Problems
• 1-1:30 pm NH WORLD - Illustrative Math - Grade 8, Unit 4, Lessons 4 & 5: More Balanced Moves
• 1:30-2 pm NH WORLD - Illustrative Math - Algebra 1, Unit 6, Lesson 2: How Does It Change?
• 2-4 pm NHPBS - Story of China - Ancestors/Silk Roads And China Ships
• 4-5 pm NH WORLD - History Detectives
• 7-8 pm NH WORLD - Nova - Touching the Asteroid
• 8-9 pm NH WORLD - Amazon: Rivers of Life
• 8-9 pm NHPBS - Communities and Consequences II
• 9-10 pm NH WORLD - Age of Nature - Understanding
• 9-11 pm NHPBS - PBS NewsHour Presidential Debates: A Special Report

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