Giant Panda - March 16

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Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Today is Giant Panda Day, Curlew Day, and No Selfies Day.

* Indicates a resource celebrating a woman or women in honor of Women's History Month.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Giant Panda

ON THIS DATE

• 1850 - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is published.
• 1968 - My Lai Massacre is carried out by United States troops in Vietnam, killing hundreds of unarmed citizens.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1750 - English astronomer Caroline Herschel *
• 1751 - Fourth President of the United States James Madison
• 1799 - English botanist and photographer Anna Atkins *
• 1822 - French painter and sculptor Rosa Bonheur *
• 1846 - American physician and social reformer  Rebecca Cole *
• 1916 - Actor Mercedes McCambridge *
• 1954 - Singer-songwriter Nancy Wilson *

SONGS OF THE DAY 

Heart - Baracudda - LISTEN

THEME:  Giant Panda

• Grades PreK-12 - National Zoo - Giant Panda Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Zoo Atlanta - Panda Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Memphis Zoo - Panda Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - iPanda - Multiple Panda Cams from Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Shenshuping Gengda Panda Center - Panda Cams -VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Panda Count (1:06) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Panda Rescue (3:19) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8- PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Wolong's Pandas (3:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Pandas: Born to be Wild (4:00) - Changing Seasons in the Mountains - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Operation Wild - Saving Giant Pandas (5:38) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Pandas: Born to be Wild (53:25) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Fuzzy Origins of the Giant Panda (8:21) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Bamboo Mountain - China's Pandas (5:32) - VIEW and DO
  

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