Weasels and Their Kin

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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

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Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Weasels and Their Kin
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ON THIS DATE

• 1582 - Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull outlining his calendar reforms.
• 1803 -  The Supreme Court establishes the principle of judicial review in  Marbury v. Madison.
• 1863 - Arizona is organized as a territory.
• 1868 - Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives. 
• 1942 - The Voice of America goes on the air.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1836 - Painter Winslow Homer
• 1874 - Baseball player Honus Wagner
• 1955 - Apple computer co-founder Steve Jobs

SONGS OF THE DAY 

Pop Goes the Weasel -  LISTEN

THEME:  Weasels and Their Kin

• Grades K-12 - U.S. Fish and Wildlife - Black-footed Ferret Cam - VIEW
• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Honey Seekers (Full Episode) - VIEW
• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Tough as a Badger! - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ferret Town - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - The Mighty Weasel (Full Episode - Passport Members) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Ferrets: Animals in Liquid Form -VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Are Honey Badgers One Of the World's Smartest Animals? - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Willdlife Journal Junior - Long-tailed Weasel - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Black-footed Ferret - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Mustelidae - badgers, otters, martens, weasels - READ
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature -Honey Badgers: Masters of Mayhem - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature -  Smarter Than Your Average Badger - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature -  A Better Beehive - VIEW and DO

Watch 

• 8-9:30 am NH WORLD - America ReFramed - Where The Pavement Ends *
• 8:30-9 am NHPBS - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - I Am Jesse Owens/I Am Ella Fitzgerald *
  
• 9:30-10 am NH WORLD - Justice In Chester *
• 10-11 am NH WORLD - The Long Shadow *
• 11 am-12 pm NH WORLD - Black Ballerina *
• 12 -1:pm  - Food - Delicious Science
• 1-2 pm NH WORLD - Borneo: Islands of Wonder
•  2-3 pm NH WORLD - Animals with Cameras, A Nature Miniseries
• 3-4:30 pm NH WORLD - P.O.V. - The Infiltrators
• 4:30-5 pm NH WORLD - Stories from the Stage - Suitcase Stories (Part 1)
• 7-8:30 pm NH WORLD - Heard *
• 8-9 pm NHPBS - Nature - The Mighty Weasel
• 8:30-10 pm NH WORLD - Independent Lens - Mr. Soul! *
• 9-10 pm NHPBS - Nova - Looking For Life On Mars
• 10-11 pm NHPBS - Europe's New Wild - Europe's Amazon

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