Octopi and Eggs - October 8

With a Shell and Without a Shell Learning

Friday, October 8, 2021

Today is National Salmon Day, World Egg Day, World Octopus Day, and National Fluffernutter Day.

This is Fire Prevention Week: 3-9, 4-H Week: 3-9, and Great Books Week:3-9.

October is Apple Month, Chili Month, Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Dyslexia Awareness Month, Bullying Prevention Month, Country Music Month, National Arts & Humanities Month, Bat Appreciation Month, and Raptor Month.

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Octopi and Eggs
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ON THIS DATE

• 1869 - Former president Franklin Pierce dies in Concord, N.H.
• 1871 - The Great Chicago Fire begins.
  1956 -  New York Yankees' Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series. Beating the Brooklyn Dodgers by a score of 2-0 in game five.
• 2001 - President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
• 2003 - Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected governor of California.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1920 - Dune author Frank Herbert
• 1930  - Artist Faith Ringgold
• 1941- Activist Jesse Jackson
• 1943 - Actor Chevy Chase
• 1943 - Author R. L. Stine
• 1949 - Actor Sigourney Weaver
• 1964 - Singer-songwriter CeCe Winans
• 1970 - Actor Matt Damon
• 1985 - Singer Bruno Mars
• 1997 - Actor Bella Thorne

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Bruno Mars - Don't Give Up - LISTEN
  
• The Beatles - Octopus's Garden - LISTEN

THEME: Octopi

• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - The Heaviest Catch (2:49) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - The Cat in the Hat - Coral Reef Camouflage (1:45) - VIEW
• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Octopus Power! (1:33) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Octo Explorer (1:51) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - All Tangled Up (2:11) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Scientist Profile: Octopus Trainer (2:09) - VIEW
  
• Grades 4-5 - NHPBS NatureWorks - Squid and Octopus - READ
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NOAA - Octopus Moving Along the Ocean Floor (1:34) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Big Pacific: Mysterious (53:36) -VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - The Fierce Humboldt Squid (10:02) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Shape of Life - Molluscs: Octopus Camouflage (2:13) -  VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Shape of Life - Molluscs: Blue-Ringed Octopus Warning Coloration (0:59) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - My Date with a Giant Pacific Octopus (3:07) - VIEW
  
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video -  Nature -  Octopus: Making Contact (53:14)) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12- NHPBS Video - Nature - Octopus Dreaming (1:48) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12- NHPBS Video -  Nature -  Can a Teenager Befriend an Octopus (1:57) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12- NHPBS Video -  Nature -  An Octopus' Coconut Home (2:29) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - If Your Hands Could Smell, You’d Be an Octopus (3:12) -VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - SciTech Now - Living Like an Octopus (5:27) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Biology - Simple Animals: Sponges, Jellies, & Octopuses (11:30) - VIEW

THEME:  EGGS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Rotten Eggs and Jam (1:54)  - VIEW
  
• PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Stone Barns Egg Chore (2:19) - VIEW 
• PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Everyday Learning -What Comes from an Egg? (1:39) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Mystic Egg Pizza (11:00) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Laying Eggs (2:24) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Create Egg Carton Turtles (1:12) - VIEW and DO
• Grade K-4 - PBS LearnigMedia - Wild Kratts -The Great Crocodile Hatching! (2:30) - VIEW
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Making Eggs Float (Available in Spanish) (3:03) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Science-U - How Do You Drop an Egg Without Breaking It? (2:51) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NASA - Warmer Water Kills Salmon Eggs (3:05) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 -  PBS LearningMedia - NC Science Now - Nest Egg Science (5:20) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature  - American Eagle: Challenges of Incubation (3:19) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Why Don't Birds Lay Square Eggs (7:21)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 -  NHPBS Video - Eons - How the Egg Came First (8:44) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 -  NHPBS Video - Eons - The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief (7:28) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - The Egg: Life’s Perfect Invention - VIEW (53:29)

Watch 

NHPBS  - 11.1   Comcast (802)   Live Stream   More Options

• 6-6:30 am NHPBS - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - I Am Kate Warne/I Am Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• 6:30-7 am NHPBS - Arthur - Buster's Garden Of Grief/Through The Looking Glasses
• 7-7:30 am NHPBS -  Molly of Denali - New Nivagi/Crane Song
• 7:30-8 am NHPBS - Wild Kratts - The Great Froggyback Ride
• 8-8:30 am NHPBS - Hero Elementary - All Over The Map / Lights Go Down In City Town
• 8:30-9 am NHPBS - Alma's Way - No-Go Mofongo/Alma Vs. Eddie
• 2:30-3 pm NHPBS - Let's Go Luna! - Boomin' Boomerang/House Music
• 3-3:30 pm NPBSS -  Nature Cat - Amber Rocks/The Big Stink
  
• 9-10 pm NHPBS - The Hispanic Heritage Awards
• 10-11 pm NHPBS - Great Performances at the Met - Three Divas At Versailles

NHPBS EXPLORE  - 11.2   Comcast (801)   More Options

• 12-1 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - In Their Own Words - Jimmy Carter
• 1-2 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - In Their Own Words - Elon Musk
• 4-4:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE -  Let's Go Luna! - Wacky Washi/When The Bowl Breaks
• 4:30-5 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Odd Squad - Soundcheck Part Deux/Jinx
• 5-5:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Wild Kratts - Adapto The Coyote
• 5:30-6 pm NHPBS EXPLORE -  Molly of Denali - Reading The Mud/Unsinkable Molly Mabray
• 9:30-11 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - P.O.V. - Fruits Of Labor

NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options

• 8-9 am NH WORLD - Nova - Particles Unknown
• 9-10 am NH WORLD -  Impossible Builds - Skinny Skyscraper
• 10-11 am NH WORLD - Impossible Builds - The Scorpion Tower
• 3-4:30  pm NH WORLD - America ReFramed - Five Years North
• 8-10 pm NH WORLD -  American Masters - Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It

NH KIDS - 11.5  Schedule   Live Stream   More Options

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