Clams (and Other Bivalves)

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Thursday, January 21, 2021

Today is National New England Clam Chowder Day and National Granola Bar Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Clams and Other Bivalves
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ON THIS DATE

• 1789 - The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed
• 1793 - Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
• 1954 - The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut.
• 1977 - President Jimmy Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft dodgers.
• 1981 - Production of the iconic DeLorean sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Four years later, in 1985,  Doc Brown would retrofit it to travel back to the future.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1738 - Revolutionary War general Ethan Allen
• 1905 - French fashion designer Christian Dior
• 1940 - Golfer Jack Nicklaus
• 1955 - Painter and sculptor Jeff Koons

SONGS OF THE DAY 

Elvis Presley - Do the Clam - LISTEN

THEME:  Clams and Other Bivalves

• Grades PreK-1 - Splash and Bubble - Get Your Feet Wet: Oysters - VIEW
• Grades 2-12 - PBS LearningMedia -Clam Movement Video - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV -Scientist Profile:
  Glue-ologist - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Jonathan Bird's Blue World - Killer Clams - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Dissection 101 - Detailed Clam Dissection Video - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Oyster Reef - In the Grass, On the Reef - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Library of Congress - Teaching with Primary Sources - The Oyster Wars - READ and VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - EcoSense for Living - The Lowly Oyster Cleans Up - VIEW and DO

Watch 

• 12-12:30 pm NH WORLD - Illustrative Math - Gr. 6 - Converting Units
• 12:30-1 pm NH WORLD - Illustrative Math - Gr. 7 - Introducing Graphs Of Proportional Relationships
• 1-1:30 pm NH WORLD - Illustrative Math - Gr. 8 - Solving Systems Of Equations
• 1:30-2 pm NHPBS - Illustrative Math - Algebra 1 - Building Quadratic Functions To Describe Situations (Part 1)
• 2-3 pm NH WORLD - Sinking Cities - New York
• 3-5 pm NH WORLD - Poison Squad: American Experience
• 9:30-10:30 pm NHPBS - Fake: Searching for Truth in the Age of Misinformation

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