Rabbits and Lobsters - September 25

Cute, and Cuddly and Crustacean Learning

Saturday, September 25, 2021

Today is International Rabbit Day, Math Story Telling Day, One-Hit Wonder Day, Public Lands Day, World Lung Day, World Pharmacists Day, Quesadilla Day, National Lobster Day, and National Food Service Workers Day.

September is National Square Dancing Month, National Food Safety Education Month, Classical Music Month, Library Card Sign-up Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Save A Tiger Month, College Savings Month, and Be Kind To Editors & Writers Month.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Rabbits and Lobsters
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ON THIS DATE

• 1237 - The signing of the Treaty of York establishes the border between England and Scotland.
• 1775 - Ethan Allen is captured by the British after an attack on Montreal.
• 1789 - The U.S. Congress passes 12 amendments to the Constitution and sends them to the states for ratification. The 10 that were ratified by the states became the Bill of Rights.
• 1957 - With the support of federal troops, nine Black students are admitted to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
• 1974 - Dr. Frank Jobe performs the first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery,  more commonly known as Tommy John surgery, on - wait for it - pitcher Tommy John.
• 1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1897 - Author William Faulkner
• 1903 - Artist Mark Rothko
• 1906 - Russian composer Dmitry Shostakovich
• 1929 - Journalist Barbara Walters
• 1930 - Poet and illustrator Shel Silverstein
• 1944 - Actor Michael Douglas
• 1968 - Actor and rapper Will Smith (Sesame Street Fresh Prince Parody)
• 1969  - Actor Catherine Zeta-Jones
• 1983 - Actor and rapper Donald Glover

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• B-52's - Rock Lobster - LISTEN
• Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit - LISTEN
• Bugs Bunny Opera - LISTEN
• Elton John - Jack Rabbit - LISTEN
• Cab Calloway - Run Little Rabbit - LISTEN

THEME:  RABBITS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Mumford's Magic Rabbit (2 ;17) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo and Rabbit Discuss Practice (0:54) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cookie Bunny is Coming to Town (2:16) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 -  Wild Kratts - Rabbit vs. Hare (2:39) - VIEW 
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature -  Rabbits vs. Hares Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LeaningMedia - Chinese Folktale: The Little Rabbits (6:58) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Remarkable Rabbits Clips - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Rabbits (7:37) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Leporidae - rabbits, hares - READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Remarkable Rabbits (53:13) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Remarkable Rabbits - Snowshoe Hare Population Cycles (4:40) -  VIEW and DO

THEME: LOBSTERS

• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - How to Activate Your Lobster Creature Powers (8:08) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Swimming with the Lobster (2:06) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior -The Secret Life of Lobsters (7:20) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Northern Lobster - READ
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - You Are an Upside-Down Lobster (4:01)- VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia -The Shape of Life - Marine Arthropod Animation: Body Plan (1:30) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - How Rising Water Temperatures Could End Maine's Lobster Boom (8:34) - VIEW

Watch 

NHPBS  - 11.1   Comcast (802)   Live Stream   More Options

• 7:30-8 am NHPBS - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - I Am Wilma Rudolph/I Am Jonas Salk
• 8-8:30 am NHPBS - Hero Elementary - Kite Delight / Little Lost Horse
• 8:30-9 am NHPBS - Pinkalicious & Peterrific - The Monster Trap/The Search For Peter's Whistle
• 9-9:30 am NHPBS - Nature Cat - Secrets Of The Old Prairie/A Sticky Sweet Tree Treat
• 9:30-10 am NHPBS - Wild Kratts - Quillber's Birthday Present
• 10-10:30 am NHPBS - Molly of Denali
• 8-9 pm NHPBS - Great Performances - In The Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams
• 9-10:30 pm NHPBS - P.O.V. - The Infiltrators

NHPBS EXPLORE  - 11.2   Comcast (801)   More Options

• 7-7:30 am NHPBS EXPLORE - Curious Crew - Acids & Bases
• 7:30-8 am NHPBS EXPLORE - Let's Go Luna! - Castells In The Air/Barcelona Birdy
• 8-8:30 am NHPBS EXPLORE - Curious George - Curious Gorge/Sound Story
• 8:30-9 am NHPBS EXPLORE - Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood - Daniel Gets A Shot/A Stormy Night
• 9-9:30 am NHPBS EXPLORE - Peg + Cat - The Pizza Problem/The Pizza Pirate Problem
• 9:30-10 am NHPBS EXPLORE - Elinor Wonders Why - To Bee Or Not To Bee/Turtle Crossing
• 10-10:30 am NHPBS EXPLORE - Arthur - D.W., The Picky Eater/Buster And The Daredevils
• 10:30-11 am NHPBS EXPLORE - Odd Squad - Box Trot/O For A Day
• 9-11 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Country Music - The Hillbilly Shakespeare (1945 -1953)

NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options

• 8-9:30  am NH WORLD - Cuba: The Forgotten Revolution
• 9:30-11 am NH WORLD - P.O.V. - Stateless
• 12-1:30 pm NH WORLD - P.O.V. - The Infiltrators
• 8-9 pm NH WORLD - Independent Lens  Black Memorabilia
• 9-10 pm NH WORLD - Latino Americans - Empire Of Dreams
• 10-11 pm NH WORLD - America ReFramed - Councilwoman

NH KIDS - 11.5  Schedule   Live Stream   More Options

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