Nuts - October 22

Nuts About Learning

Friday, October 22, 2021

Today is Global Champagne Day, International Stuttering Awareness Day, and National Nut Day.

This is National Chemistry Week, National Friends of Libraries Week, National School Bus Safety Week, Freedom of Speech Week, and National Health Education Week.

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:  Nuts
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ON THIS DATE

• 1797 - André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump from a balloon over Paris.
• 1836 - Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
• 1962 - President John F. Kennedy announces an air and naval blockade of Cuba 

BIRTHDAYS

• 1811 - Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt
• 1844 - French actor Sarah Bernhardt
• 1882 - Painter and illustrator N. C. Wyeth
• 1903 - Actor and comedian Curly Howard
• 1913 - Photographer Robert Capa
• 1920 -Psychologist Timothy Leary
• 1952 - Actor Jeff Goldblum

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - LISTEN

THEME: NUTS

• Grades PreK-4 - Arthur - Peanut Allergy Collection - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts -The Best Acorn Planter - (2:18) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-7 - PBS LearningMedia - George Washington Carver:  Scientist, Inventor, and Teacher (Available in Spanish)(4:02) - VIEW
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Acorns Count (5:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - America's Heartland - Walnuts - Health & Harvest (4:07) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - The Nutcracker (NATURE style!) (1:15) -VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Chipmunk Showdown (2:25) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Virginia Peanuts (29:09) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - How Brazil Nuts are Helping Protect the Amazon Rainforest (9:22) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia -The Peanut Solution (4:40) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - How Do Squirrels Find Their Nuts? (2:08) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Arts in Context -  Art in a Nutshell (2:44) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Making a New American NUTCRACKER (ballet!) (56:56) -VIEW

Watch 

NHPBS  - 11.1   Comcast (802)   Live Stream   More Options

• 6-6:30 am NHPBS - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - I Am Nikola Tesla/I Am Nellie Bly
• 6:30-7 am NHPBS -  Arthur - Cast Away/The Great Sock Mystery
• 7-7:30 am NHPBS - Molly of Denali - Bird In The Hand/Bye-Bye Birdie
• 7:30-8 am NHPBS - Wild Kratts - Tenrec Treasure Hunt
• 8-8:30 am NHPBS - Hero Elementary - Back On Track / Switcheroo-Er
• 8:30-9 am NHPBS - Alma's Way - Cardboard Club/Alma Clues In
• 2:30-3 pm NHPBS - Let's Go Luna! - The Mystery Of The Mask/Movie Monday
• 3-3:30 pm NHPBS -  Nature Cat - Stop And Hear The Cicadas/Cold-Blooded
• 8-9 pm NHPBS - All-Star Orchestra

NHPBS EXPLORE  - 11.2   Comcast (801)   More Options

• 2:30-3 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Elinor Wonders Why - Butterfly Babies/Elinor's Circus
• 3-3:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Hero Elementary - Back On Track / Switcheroo-Er
• 3:30-4 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Pinkalicious & Peterrific - Jumping For Joy/Music Is Everywhere
• 4-4:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE -  Let's Go Luna! - Glocken Around The Clock/Good Knight
• 4:30-5 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Odd Squad - Villains In Need Are Villains Indeed/Happily Ever Odd
• 5-5:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE -  Wild Kratts - Secrets Of The Spider's Web
• 5:30-6 pm NHPBS EXPLORE -  Molly of Denali
• 6-7 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About Halloween!
• 9:30-11 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - P.O.V. - La Casa De Mama Icha
  

NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options

• 8-9 am NH WORLD - Nova - Edible Insects
• 9-10 am NH WORLD - Secrets of the Dead - Magellan's Crossing
• 10-11 am NH WORLD - Secrets of the Dead - Galileo's Moon
• 3-4 pm NH WORLD - America ReFramed - Deej
  
• 8:30-10 pm NH WORLD - American Masters - Becoming Helen Keller

NH KIDS - 11.5  Schedule   Live Stream   More Options

• UPCOMING EVENT - Saturday, June 7, 2025 - 2025 NH Makers Fest - More Information

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