Tornadoes and Mole (Chemistry) - October 23

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Saturday, October 23, 2021

Today is Mole Day (Chemistry), TV Talk Show Host Day, and National Boston Cream Pie 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:  Tornadoes and Moles
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ON THIS DATE

• 1973 -  President Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed tapes.
• 1983 - A suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon kills 220 U.S. Marines, 18 sailors, and 3 Army soldiers.
• 1987 -  The U.S. Senate rejects the Supreme Court nomination of Robert H. Bork, 58-42.
• 1998 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat signed a peace agreement at the White House.
• 2001 - Apple introduces the iPod.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1869 - Football coach John William Heisman
• 1920 - Meteorologist Ted Fujita
• 1925 - Talk show host Johnny Carson
• 1940 -  Brazilian soccer player Pelé
• 1942 - Author Michael Crichton
• 1954 - Director Ang Lee
• 1956 - Singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakam
• 1959 - Singer-songwriter "Weird Al" Yankovic
• 1976- Actor Ryan Reynolds

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• "Weird Al" Yankovic - The Saga Begins - LISTEN
• Dwight Yoakam - A Thousand Miles From Nowhere - LISTEN
  

THEME:

Tornadoes

• Grades 3-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts -Tornado (1:43) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Tornado Model (5:25) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Fujita Scale (6:07) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Deadliest Tornadoes (52:52) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Chasing Tornadoes (Available in Spanish) (5:21) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - How Do Tornadoes Form? (6:22)  - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Storm Prediction - Oklahoma's Deadliest Tornadoes (5:15) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - How Drones Could Help Predict Tornadoes (3:41)  - VIEW and READ
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video -American Experience - Mr. Tornado (52:50)- VIEW

THEME:  MOLE

• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Rock Me Avogadro (3:05) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Fundamental Laws: Crash Course Chemistry - The Creation of Chemistry (10:58) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia -  Crash Course Chemistry - Stoichiometry: Chemistry for Massive Creatures (12:46) - VIEW

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• 6-6:30 am NHPBS - Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood - Daniel Explores Nature/Daniel's Nature Walk
• 6:30-7 am NHPBS -  Let's Go Luna! - Monster Park!/Meet The Strongs
• 7-7:30 am NHPBS -  Alma's Way - Beatbox Big Time/Super Sisters
• 7:30-8 am NHPBS - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - I Am Confucius/I Am Sacagawea
• 8-8:30 am NHPBS - Hero Elementary - When Fur Flies / Pumpkin Palooza
• 8:30-9 am NHPBS - Pinkalicious & Peterrific - Robotta's Singing Delivery Service/The Rhyme Off
• 9-9:30 am NHPBS - Nature Cat - Stop That Squirrel/Onward And Pondward
• 9:30-10:30 am NHPBS - Wild Kratts: Creepy Creatures

NHPBS EXPLORE  - 11.2   Comcast (801)   More Options

• 6-6:30 am NHPBS EXPLORE - Pinkalicious & Peterrific - Robotta's Singing Delivery Service/The Rhyme Off
• 6:30-7 am NHPBS EXPLORE - Sesame Street - Ramp Racers
• 7-7:30 am NHPBS EXPLORE - Curious Crew - Waves
• 7:30-8 am NHPBS EXPLORE - Let's Go Luna! - Totally Totem/Glacier Or Bust
• 8-9 am NHPBS EXPLORE - Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest
• 9-9:30 am NHPBS EXPLORE - Alma's Way - Beatbox Big Time/Super Sisters
• 9:30-10 am NHPBS EXPLORE - Elinor Wonders Why - Zig Zag Plant/Butterfly Drinks
• 10-10:30 am NHPBS EXPLORE - Arthur - Cast Away/The Great Sock Mystery
• 10:30-11 am NHPBS EXPLORE - Odd Squad - Other Olympia/Total Zeros

NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options

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• 12-1:30 pm NH WORLD - P.O.V. - La Casa De Mama Icha
• 7-8 pm NH WORLD -  Evening with Colin Powell
• 8-9 pm NH WORLD - P.O.V. - My Way To Olympia
• 9-10 pm NH WORLD - Latino Americans - Peril And Promise
• 10-11 pm NH WORLD - America ReFramed - Deej

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