Swish - Summer Learning
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
- Today is National Watermelon Day, Grab Some nuts Day, and Clean Your Floors Day.
- August is National Wellness Month, National Sandwich Month, National Golf Month, National Water Quality Month, Black Business Month, International Pirate Month, and National Crayon Collection Month
- Health and Wellness Resource of the Day: KidVision: Doctor's Visit
- Sandwich of the Day: Rueben Sandwich
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: BASKETBALL AND JESSE OWENS
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ON THIS DATE
BIRTHDAYS
SONG OF THE DAY
- Louis Armstrong - Sweet Georgia Brown - LISTEN
- Tony Bennet - I Left My Heart in San Francisco - LISTEN
THEME: BASKETBALL
- Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia - KidVision - Basketball (8:57) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo Will Make His Shot (2:41) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - What If? The Greatest Basketball Shot Ever (1:25) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Practicing Basketball (1:51) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Rebecca Lobo and the Letter O (1:52) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna - A Game of Basketball (1:26) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Molly of Denali - Playing Basketball on Snow (2:32) - VIEW
- Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Basketball Physics (5:38) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 4-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Cyberchase - Percentages in Basketball (4:16) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-8 - NHPBS LearningMedai - STEM in 30 - Basketball in Space (2:00) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Friday - Physics of Basketball (2:48) - VIEW
THEME: JESSE OWENS
- Grades K-3 - PBS Kids - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - I Am Jesse Owens/I Am Ella Fitzgerald (24:49) - VIEW
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Know Ohio - Olympic Runner Jesse Owens "the Buckeye Bullet" (1:53) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience -Jesse Owens: A Hero's Welcome? (1:35) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Jesse Owens: The Track as a Great Equalizer (2:20) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Jesse Owens, Chapter One (10:28) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Jesse Owens in Hitler's Germany (2:07) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Jesse Owens (52:02) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Museum - Lesson Plan: 1936 Berlin Olympics- Protest Through Participation and Boycott - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - U.S. Holocaust Museum - Lesson Plan: Black Americans and the Nazi Olympics - DO
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SPY IN THE WILD- A NATURE MINISERIES - The Tropics
Wednesday, 8/3 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
The spy creatures investigate the wildlife that thrives in the tropics. They infiltrate a hippo pod, a nursery of red flying foxes, a gorilla sanctuary, and the secret world of pygmy forest elephants. NATURE Streaming Video
SPY IN THE WILD- A NATURE MINISERIES - The North
Wednesday, 8/3 from 3-4 pm NH WORLD
Travel to the Northern Hemisphere, where the spy creatures learn how animals move, feed, and fight. A spy hummingbird films millions of butterflies, and a spy squirrel finds itself in a battle. A spy beaver watches other beavers building dams. NATURE Streaming Video
INDIA - NATURE'S WONDERLAND - Episode One
Wednesday, 8/3 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
Join a journey through India to discover its rich culture and rare wildlife. Experience a ritual tiger dance and see lions, elephants, and India's only ape -- the hoolock gibbon. Then climb to the Himalayas where the Ganges River begins. INDIA - NATURE'S WONDERLAND Streaming Video
THE GREEN PLANET - Human Worlds
Wednesday, 8/3 from 8-9 pm NHPBS
Sir David Attenborough reveals how humans are helping plants, many of which face extinction. From projects in Africa to re-seeding the landscape to rebuilding a Brazilian rainforest tree by tree, everyone can work to make our world a little wilder. THE GREEN PLANET Streaming Video
NOVA - Universe Revealed: Black Holes
Wednesday, 8/3 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Black holes can reshape entire galaxies, warp the fabric of space and time, and may even be the key to unlocking the ultimate nature of reality. A new generation of high-energy telescopes is bringing these invisible voids to light, showing that “supermassives” millions or billions of times larger than our sun lurk at the center of nearly every galaxy, including our own. NOVA Streaming Video
EXPEDITION WITH STEVE BACKSHALL - Socorro: Expedition Shark Island
Wednesday, 8/3 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Dive with Steve on an expedition to the remote volcanic island of Clarion in the Revillagigedo National Park. Steve and his team are looking to discover where shark mothers give birth and help protect a new generation of these ocean giants. EXPEDITION WITH STEVE BACKSHALL Streaming Video
More Learning Resources
Looking for some super cool crafts to do with your kids? Or maybe you need some expert parenting resources to help raise your child? You can find it all right here:
NHPBS and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for educators. You can also create your own lessons and assignments to meet the needs of your students.
Searchable online video courses and interactives across the curriculum and grade levels in areas like chemistry, literature, music, the visual arts, social studies, world languages storytelling, spelling and lots more.
Everyday Scholastic will feature four learning experiences, built around a story or video.
A series of imaginatively produced videos featuring celebrated actors reading children's books.
Local Learning Resources
The best of NH learning resources from around the state.
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Cheshire County Historical Society
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New Hampshire Public Radio:
- Civics 101 - Tons of great (and free!) audio, activities, resources, and lessons to help you stay engaged with civics.
- Ask Sam - Ask Sam features Outside/In host Sam Evans-Brown answering listener questions about the mysteries and quirks of the natural world.
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Seacoast Science Center in Odiorne Point State Park
- Learning Connection - Even though their doors are closed, we’re still here to connect you to the inspirational powers of nature and engage you in learning.
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Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
- A resource to keep you connected to nature - Enjoy nature at home with these online learning experiences brought to you by the Science Center’s Naturalists.
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Strawbery Banke Museum
- Online Learning - Virtual Tours, the Virtual Classroom, artifacts of the week, featured items from the Collections, Horticulture Learning Center materials, and more.
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Tiger Takes On

PBS Kids for Teachers/Caregivers/Parents
- PBS for Parents
A guide of PBS resources targeted for parents teaching kids, features a great activity finder
- PBS Education
The greatest teachers ignite a love of learning and a sense of possibility that motivates students to reach their full potential.
- PBS Teachers' Lounge
This site has great teaching tips, ideas, resources and support for teachers.
- PBS KIDS Games app
Offers nearly 200 educational games, which can be downloaded for offline play anytime, anywhere.