Games - December 20

Learning You Can Play

Monday, December 20, 2021

Today is Games Day, Poet Laureate Day, Dot Your I’s  Day, Go Caroling Day, Sacagawea Day, and National Sangria Day

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Games
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ON THIS DATE

• 1790 - The first successful cotton mill in the U.S. begins operating in Pawtucket, R.I.
• 1946 -It's a Wonderful Life has a charity preview showing in New York City.
• 1989 - The U.S. launches Operation Just Cause and sends troops into Panama to topple General Manuel Noriega's government.
• 2019 - The United States Space Force becomes the first new branch of the United States Armed Forces since the Air Force in 1947

BIRTHDAYS

• 1922 - Sculptor Beverly Pepper
• 1966 - Singer-songwriter Chris Robinson
• 1986 - Actor Jonah Hill

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Who - Pinball Wizard - LISTEN
• Elton John - Pinball Wizard - LISTEN

THEME:  GAMES

• Grades PreK-5 - PBS Kids - Games - PLAY and LEARN
• Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Odd Squad - Game Time  (11:00) - VIEW
• Grades 2-10 - PBS LearningMedia - MIT Media Lab - How to Make a Video Game (4:29) - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Game Designer (2:53) - VIEW
• Grades 5-8 - NHPBS Video - SciGirls - Game Changers (28:25) - VIEW
• Grades 5-8 - NHPBS Video - SciGirls - Aubrey Scott – Gameplay Engineer (4:25) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12- PBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - Careers in Video Game Development (4:43) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12- PBS LearningMedia - Game to Learn (6:58) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Are "Free" Video Games Really Free? (7:14) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Art Assignment - The Case for Video Games (12:45) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Art Assignment - A Video Game about Art? (15:05) - VIEW

Watch 

NHPBS  - 11.1   Comcast (802)   Live Stream   More Options

• 6-6:30 am NHPBS - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - We Are The Wright Brothers/We Are The Bronte Sisters
• 6:30-7 am NHPBS - Arthur - Arthur Makes A Movie/Go To Your Room!
• 7-8 am NHPBS - Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas
• 7:30-8 am NHPBS - Wild Kratts - Mystery Of The Mini Monkey Models
• 8-8:30 am NHPBS - Hero Elementary - Search And Rescue / Secret Lives Of Teachers
• 8:30-9 am NHPBS - Alma's Way - Junior's Story/Anniversary Surprise
• 2:30-3 pm NHPBS - Let's Go Luna! - The Big Squeeze/Meet The Presses
• 3-3:30 pm NHPBS - Nature Cat - Daisy's Wildflower Round-Up/A Party For Squeeks!
• 10-11 pm NHPBS - Independent Lens - Pipe Dreams

NHPBS EXPLORE  - 11.2   Comcast (801)   More Options

• 2:30-3 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Elinor Wonders Why - These Sneezes/Ari's Lucky Shirt
• 3-3:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Hero Elementary - Search And Rescue / Secret Lives Of Teachers
• 3:30-4 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Pinkalicious & Peterrific - Gingerbread House/Christmas Tree Trouble
• 4-4:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Let's Go Luna! - Andy's Big Show/Leo Moves It
• 4:30-5 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Odd Squad - And Then They Were Puppies/A Case Of The Sillies
• 5-5:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE -  Wild Kratts - Prairie Who?
• 5:30-6 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Molly of Denali - Mouse In The Treehouse/Leader Of The Pack

NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options

• 8-9 am NH WORLD - Nature - Santa's Wild Home
• 9-10 am NH WORLD - Earth's Sacred Wonders - CLoser to the Divine
• 2-3 pm NH WORLD - P.O.V. - Singing With Angry Bird
• 3-5 pm NH WORLD - Hemingway - A Writer (1899-1929)
• 7-9 pm NH WORLD - The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

NH KIDS - 11.5  Schedule   Live Stream   More Options

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