Frogs and Hip Hop

Frogs and Hip Hop

Hopping Into Summer Learning

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Today is National Hip Hop Day, National Raspberry Tart Day, and NationalPannini Day.

ON THIS DATE.

  • 1929 - Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs.
  • 1942 - Actor Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that is the basis for today's wireless communication.
  • 1965 - Rioting breaks out in the Watts section of Los Angeles initially in response to a confrontation between police and citizens..

BIRTHDAYS

  • 1921 - Author Alex Haley

Song of the Day - Sugar Hill Gang - Rapper's Delight - LISTEN

THEME: FROGS

  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - This Frog - VIEW
  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Kermit Sings Disco Frog - VIEW
  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Frogs of the Glen - VIEW
  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Caribbean Amphibian- VIEW
  • Grades PreK-1 - Curious George Ribbit Game - DO
  • PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Everyday Learning - How a Frog Becomes a Frog - VIEW and DO
  • Grades K-4 - NHPBS Video - Up Close & Natural - Frogs, Toads, and Salamanders - VIEW
  • Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Malformed Frogs - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Frog Scientist- VIEW
  • Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife journal Junior - Anura - Frogs and Toads - READ
  • Grades PreK-5 - NHPBS Video - Poison Dart Frogs at Little Rock Zoo - VIEW
  • Grades 3-6 - NHPBS Video - Origami Jumping Frog - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Northern Leopard Frogs Being Reintroduced Into The Wild - VIEW
  • Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Gross Science - Why Does This Frog Have So Many Legs? - VIEW 
  • Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Gross Science - Meet the Frog the Barfs Up its Babies - VIEW 

THEME: HIP HOP

  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - ABC Hip Hop with Miles  - VIEW
  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Rappin' Alphabet - VIEW
  • Grades 4-7 - PBS Learningmedia - Dragonfly TV - Hip Hop Mix - VIEW
  • Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Hip Hop Nutcracker - VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Issue Brief: Hip Hop - READ
  • Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia -  Independent Lens - Hip-Hop Sampling - Copyright Criminals - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 8-12 - PBS LearningMedia -  Hamilton's America | Lin-Manuel Miranda, Shakespeare, and Hip Hop - VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Coming Outta Queensbridge: Nas and Hip Hop - VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Educating Hip Hop - VIEW

Watch 

More Learning Resources

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PBS LearningMedia

PBS LearningMedia

NHPBS and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for educators. You can also create your own lessons and assignments to meet the needs of your students.

Annenberg

Annenberg Learner

Searchable online video courses and interactives across the curriculum and grade levels in areas like chemistry, literature, music, the visual arts, social studies, world languages storytelling, spelling and lots more.

Brainpop

Brainpop

Features over 1,000 animated shorts and quizzes for students in grades K-12 covering science, social studies, English, math, the arts, health, and technology.  The service is free to schools closed due to COVID-19.

Scholastic

Scholastic Learn At Home

Everyday Scholastic will feature four learning experiences, built around a story or video.

Storyline Online

StoryLine Online

A series of imaginatively produced videos featuring celebrated actors reading children's books.

Local Learning Resources

The best of NH learning resources from around the state.

  • Cheshire County Historical Society

  • New Hampshire Public Radio:

    • Civics 101 -  Tons of great (and free!) audio, activities, resources, and lessons to help you stay engaged with civics.
    • Ask Sam - Ask Sam features Outside/In host Sam Evans-Brown answering listener questions about the mysteries and quirks of the natural world.

  • Seacoast Science Center in Odiorne Point State Park

    • Learning Connection - Even though their doors are closed, we’re still here to connect you to the inspirational powers of nature and engage you in learning. 

  • Squam Lakes Natural Science Center

  • Strawbery Banke Museum

    • Online Learning - Virtual Tours, the Virtual Classroom, artifacts of the week, featured items from the Collections, Horticulture Learning Center materials, and more.

  • Tiger Takes On

 

PBS KIDS!

PBS Kids for Teachers/Caregivers/Parents

  • PBS for Parents
    A guide of PBS resources targeted for parents teaching kids, features a great activity finder
  • PBS Education
    The greatest teachers ignite a love of learning and a sense of possibility that motivates students to reach their full potential.
  • PBS Teachers' Lounge
    This site has great teaching tips, ideas, resources and support for teachers.
  • PBS KIDS Games app
    Offers nearly 200 educational games, which can be downloaded for offline play anytime, anywhere. 

Contact Us

Susan Adams
Education Manager
sadams@nhpbs.org
Phone: 603-868-4455
Fax: 603-868-7552