Autumn and Elephants
Falling Into Learning You Will Never Forget
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Today is American Business Women's Day, Autumnnal Equinox, Car Free Day,, Elephant Appreciation Day, Ice Cream Cone Day, White Chocolate Day, and Remote Employee Appreciation Day.
This is National Dog Week, Tolkien Week, and Sea Otter Awareness Week.
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: Autumn and Elephants
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ON THIS DATE
- 1776 - The British hang Nathan Hale for spying during the American Revolution.
- 1789 - The office of the United States Postmaster General is established.
- 1888 - The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
- 1980 - Iraq invades Iran.
- 1791 - English scientist Michael Faraday
- 1879 - English tennis player and five-time Ladies Singles Wimbledon Champion Charlotte Cooper
- 1891 - African-American Expressionist painter Alma Thomas
- 1958 - Musician Joan Jett
- Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald - Autumn in New York -LISTEN
- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I Love Rock and Roll - LISTEN
- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts -
Bad Reputation - LISTEN - Henry Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Celebrating Fall Collection - READ, VIEW, DO
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Guess the Season (2:12) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Ernies Autumn Hay Maze - PRINT and DO
- Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Daniel Tiger - The Leaf Game (1:25) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-1 -NHPBS LearningMedia - Everyday Learning - About the Seasons (Available in Spanish) (3:01) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Habitat Earth - Why Do We Have Different Seasons? (3:16) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - The Equinox Isn't What You Think It Is (2:11) - VIEW
THEME: ELEPHANTS
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Snuffy is Not an Elephant (2:46) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elephant Elevator Operator Song (2:18) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Grover and the Elephant (2:46) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Homer the Pet Elephant (2:44) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame street - Natalie Portman And Elmo Are Princess & Elephant (4:42) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Pinkalicious and Peterrific - Elephant Fun at the Zoo (2:17) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Baby Elephant Power (1:47) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Nosing Around (1:54) - VIEW
- Grades 1-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Kratts' Creatures - Thr Baby Elephant's Trunk (1:51) -VIEW
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Unforgettable Elephants (4:36) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - EARTH A New Wild -Living with Sumatran Elephants - VIEW
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Grasslands Elephants (1:57) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - How Elephants Listen ... With Their Feet (3:38) -VIEW
- Grades 5-10 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Earth: A New Wild -Living with Sumatran Elephants (5:10) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Forest Elephants (3:50) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Desert Elephants (4:11) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Studying Elephants (7:48) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - When Whales Walked: Journeys in Deep Time - Age of Elephants (4:46) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Operation Wild - An Elephant Needs an X-Ray (13:42) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Elephant Whisperer - Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise (55:11) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Elephants Offer Clues To Cancer's Secrets (8:10) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS VIdeo - Animal IQ - Elephants: Do Giant Brains Mean More Smarts? (11:38) - VIEW
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- 8-8:30 am NHPBS - Hero Elementary - Kite Delight / Little Lost Horse
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- 2:30-3 pm NHPBS - Let's Go Luna! - The Potato King/The Charango Kid
- 3-3:30 pm NPBSS - Nature Cat - Secrets Of The Old Prairie/A Sticky Sweet Tree Treat
- 8-10 pm NHPBS - Muhammad Ali - Round Four: The Spell Remains (1974-2016)
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- 12-2 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Muhammad Ali - Round Three: The Rivalry (1970-1974)
- 4-4:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Let's Go Luna! - Castells In The Air/Barcelona Birdy
- 4:30-5 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Odd Squad - Box Trot/O For A Day
- 5-5:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Wild Kratts - Quillber's Birthday Present
- 5:30-6 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Molly of Denali - Spring Carnival/Tooey's Hole-I-Day Sweater
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- 8-9 am NH WORLD - America ReFramed - Councilwoman
- 7-8:30 pm NH WORLD - P.O.V. - The Infiltrators
- 8:30-10 pm NH WORLD - P.O.V. - Landfall
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