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Saturday, September 10, 2022
- Today is Aunt's Day, Blame it on the Large Hadron Collider Day, German Language Day, National Clean Out Your Garage Day, Prairie Day, and World Suicide Prevention Day.
- September is National Square Dancing Month, National Food Safety Education Month, Classical Music Month, Library Card Sign-up Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Save A Tiger Month, College Savings Month, and Be Kind To Editors & Writers Month.
- Daily Hispanic Heritage Resource of the Day: Hispanic, Latino, Latinx: What's in a name?
- Classical Music Resource of the Day: Rimsky Korsakov - Flight of the Bumblebee
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Atoms and the Large Hadron Collider
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ON THIS DATE
- 1846 - Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
- 1897 - 19 unarmed immigrant miners are killed by a sheriff's posse in Lattimer, Pennsylvania in what came to be called the Lattimer Massacre.
- 2008 - The Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland is powered up.
BIRTHDAYS
SONGS OF THE DAY
- Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science - LISTEN
- Pet Shop Boys - The Sound of the Atom Splitting - LISTEN
- José Feliciano - Light My Fire - LISTEN
- Aerosmith - Dream On - LISTEN
THEME: ATOMS
- Grades K-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Smithsonian - Good Thinking! -What's the "Matter" with Cells and Atoms? (8:37) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - What Does an Atom Look Like? (3:26) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Physics in Motion - Fusion (8:12) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Physics in Motion - Fission (8:39) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - SciTech Now - How Do Atoms Keep Time? (5:55) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Atoms & Electrons (1:22) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - A Space Odyssey - Atoms: The Space Between (Available in Spanish) (1:15) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Atomic Arrangements in Solids (1:30) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Atomic Structure of an Alloy (Available in Spanish) (4:32) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Explore Materials - Moving Atoms (3:06) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Metropolitan Opera - Dr. Atomic (opera about the Manhattan Project) (1:21:06) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Bend, Twist, and Break: The Bridge (1:27) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Genius by Stephen Hawking The Atomic Structure, Quantum Physics, and Counting Electrons (6:37) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Chem Think - Atomic Structure Interactive - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Chemistry: Unit 1 - Matter and the Rise of Atomic Theory (28:25) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Chemistry: Unit 2 - The Behavior of Atoms (28:26) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Chemistry: Unit 3 - Atoms and Light (28:25) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Chemistry: Unit 4 - Organizing Atoms and Electrons (28:25) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Chemistry - The History of Atomic Chemistry (9:40) - VIEW
THEME: LARGE HADRON COLLIDER
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Quest - Homegrown Particle Accelerators (12:15) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - Physics Girl - Seeing the Smallest Thing in the Universe (5:38) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Physics Girl - Inside the World's Largest Science Experiment (14:00) - VIEW
- Grades 11-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - PBS Space Time -The Higgs Mechanism Explained (7:49) - VIEW
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SCIGIRLS - Turtle Mania
Saturday, 9/10 from 7:30-8 am NHPBS EXPLORE
SciGirl Annie and her friends make a local wetland more attractive to turtles. SciGirls Streaming Video in English and Spanish
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: YOUTH MENTAL ILLNESS - Resilience
Saturday, 9/10 from 8-10 pm NH WORLD
In this episode, our "heroes" speak about finding help, inpatient and outpatient therapy, the added stigma of racial or gender discrimination, the criminalization of mental illness, and youth suicide. HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT Streaming Video
SECRETS OF THE DEAD- The Woman in the Iron Coffin
Saturday, 9/10 from 11 am-12 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Follow a team of forensic experts as they investigate the preserved remains of a young African American woman from 19th century New York and reveal the little-known story of early America’s free Black communities. SECRETS OF THE DEAD 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.