Dogs - August 26

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Friday, August 26, 2022

• Today is National Dog Day, National Toilet Paper Day, Women's Equality Day, and National Cherry Popsicle 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: Parenting Minutes: Healthy Snacks: Mandarin
  
  
• Sandwich of the Day: LA Hot Dogs

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

• 1920 - The 19th amendment to United States Constitution goes into effect, giving women the right to vote.
• 1961- The Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto

BIRTHDAYS

• 1743 - French chemist Antoine Lavoisier
• 1906 - Microbiologist and oral polio vaccine creator Albert Sabin
• 1910 - Macedonian missionary and Catholic saint Mother Teresa
• 1918 - NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson
• 1935 - Politician and Democratic candidate for vice president Geraldine Ferraro
• 1935 - English computer scientist Karen Spärck Jones (groundbreaking work that laid the foundation for how search engines work! Google it.)
• 1952 - Journalist and puzzle creator and editor Will Shortz
• 1960 - Saxophonist and composer Branford Marsalis
• 1980 - Actor Macaulay Culkin

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out? - LISTEN
• The Monkees - Gonna Buy Me a Dog - LISTEN
• The Beatles - Martha My Dear - LISTEN
• Neil Young and Emmylou Harris - Old King - LISTEN
• Harry Nilsson - The Puppy Song - LISTEN

THEME: DOGS

• Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia - Clifford the Big Red Dog Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia - KidVision -  Dog with a Dog Trainer (10:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street  - It's a Doggy World (3:13) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street  - Walking the Dog Song (1:27)  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Has Anybody Seen My Dog? (3:16) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Gina Explains Service Dogs (3:01) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Meet Digby the Dog (1:15) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Between the Lions - How to Be a Good Dog (2:54) - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Molly of Denali -Tooey’s Hero (25:25)  - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Martha Speaks - Dog Fight (12:29) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Social and Cultural Perspectives of Dogs (8:53) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - The Historic Relationships Between Dogs and Humans (7:34) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature -The Herding Dogs of the United Kingdom (7:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature -The Sled Dogs of the Arctic Circle (7:17)- VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature -The Hunting Dogs of Papua New Guinea (3:58) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Sled Dogs (9:40) - VIEW
  
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Colorblind Dogs (4:54)  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Scientist Profile: Dog Handler (Available in Spanish) (2:13) - VIEW 
• Grades 6-12- NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Driftwood the Dog (5:36) - VIEW, READ, DO
  
• Grades 6-12- NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova Science Now - Do Dogs Understand Fairness? (2:26) (Available in Spanish) - VIEW and DO 
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Five Dogs with Crazy Resumes (2:56) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Deep Look - How Your Dog's Nose Knows So Much (3:34) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Animal IQ - How Intelligent Are Dogs Really? (9:17) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Windows to the Wild - Forest Therapy with Dogs (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Your Fantastic Mind - Dogs (25:28) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - A Dog's Service (26:43) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Dog Tales (54:11) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Can Dogs Smell Cancer? (9:41) -  VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Dogs in the Land of Lions (53:29) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia -  Eons -The Rise and Fall of the Bone-Crushing Dogs (8:29) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - How Dogs (Eventually) Became Our Best Friends (9:21) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - Why Dog Food STINKS! (5:37) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - Why Do Dogs Smell Each Other's Butts? (2:04) - VIEW

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NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options

• CLIMATE CHANGE: THE FACTS
  Friday, 8/26 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
  Scientists explore the impact of climate change and what could happen if global warming exceeds 1.5 degrees. Discover how the latest innovations and technology are posing potential solutions and what individuals can do to prevent further damage. CLIMATE CHANGE Streaming Video
  
  

• COLOMBIA: WILD AND FREE- Two Rivers
  Friday, 8/26 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
  Explore the magnificent eastern region of Colombia, a land defined by two powerful rivers: the Orinoco and the Amazon. Along the way, meet amazing wildlife, including jaguars, capybaras, anacondas, and pygmy marmosets, the world's smallest monkeys. COLOMBIA: WILD AND FREE Streaming Video

• COLOMBIA: WILD AND FREE- From the Pacific to the Andes
  Friday, 8/26 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
  Journey to the largely uninhabited Pacific coast of Colombia, where humpback whales give birth and fish hunt crabs in the mangrove forests. Then ascend to snow-capped Andean volcanoes, home to stunning spectacled bears, condors, and hummingbirds. COLOMBIA: WILD AND FREE Streaming Video

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