Bullying Prevention and Fossils - October 12

No Place for Bullies

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Today is Bullying Prevention Day, International Moment of Frustration Scream Day, National Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work & School Day, National Farmers Day, National Fossil Day, National Gumbo Day, Pulled Pork Day, Spanish Language Day, World Arthritis Day, and Take Your Parents to Lunch Day.

October is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month, Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Dyslexia Awareness Month, Health Literacy Month, Pizza Month, National Dessert Month, National AIDS Awareness Month, Country Music Month, LGBT History Month, Bat Appreciation Month, World Animal Month, Bullying Prevention Month, and Raptor Month.

Animal Cam of the Day: San Diego Zoo - Condor Cam

Dessert of the Day: The First Pumpkin Pie (sort of)

LGBT History Resource of the Day: The History of Gender Pronouns

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  BULLYING PREVENTION
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ON THIS DATE

• 539 - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon, and ends the Babylonian empire.
• 1492 - Christopher Columbus' first expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean.
• 1692 - The Salem witch trials end.
• 1810- The citizens of Munich hold the first Oktoberfest.
• 1901 - President Theodore Roosevelt officially changes the name of the Executive Mansion to the White House.
• 1918 - The Cloquet fire in northern Minnesota kills 453 people.
  1960 - Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at a session of the  U.N. General Assembly.
• 2000 - An al-Qaeda suicide bombing kills 17 sailors on the Navy destroyer Cole in Aden, Yemen.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1908 - Writer Ann Petry. Her debut novel, The Street, was the 1st novel by a Black woman to sell more than a million copies.
• 1916 - Writer and actor Alice Childress
• 1932 - Comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory
• 1935 - Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma from Turandot - LISTEN
  
• Science with Don - Fossil Rock Anthem - LISTEN

THEME: BULLYING PREVENTION

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Don't Be a Bully (2:17) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Standing Up to a Bully (1:05) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Chris Colfer & Elmo Talk About Bullying (0:51) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street in Communities - Becoming an Upstander (14:03) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Teaching Kindness in the Classroom Collection (56 assets) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades K-3 - Arthur - Arthur the Bully (2:00) - VIEW
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kind Acts Bingo (Available in Spanish) - DO
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS - Tiger Takes on Bullying (25:21) - VIEW
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia -Empathy: An ARTHUR Interactive Comic - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - GIRL Power - Power up with Self-Confidence! (3:15) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - GIRL Power - Power up with Leadership (3:58) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 2-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Move It - Stand Up to Bullying (6:05) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Muslim American Students Face High Rates of Bullying (7:54) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - EarthSky Podcast - Jean Decety Says Bullies' Brains Might Work Differently (8:00) - LISTEN
• Grades 8-12 - PBS LearningMedia - FILMS BYKIDS - Fighting Prejudice and Bullying (7:28) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Graduates Film Module - Juan's Story: Bullying (16:42) - VIEW and DO
• Grades Teacher/Parents - Independent Lens - Bullying Resources - DO

THEME: FOSSILS

• Grades PreK-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Dinosaur Train - Fossil Finder - DO
• Grades PreK-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Dinosaur Train - All About Fossils (2:06) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Dinosaur Train - Footprints and Trackways (4:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-2 - Dinosaur Train - Dinosaur Discoveries - Fossils (1:41) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Nature Cat - Mammoth Fossil (3:15) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS Parents - Crafts for Kids - Homemade Fossils  - DO
• Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Dinosaurs with David Varricchio Collection (6:02)  - VIEW
• Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Outdoor Nevada - Fossil Hunting (6:07) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-6 - PBS LearningMedia -  Science Trek - Fossils: The Hagerman Horse (3:26) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Scientist Profile: Paleontologist (2:35) - VIEW
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia -  NC Science Now - Mystery Dino Science (6:23) - VIEW
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Smithsonian Science How - How Fossils Explain the Rise of Dinosaurs (29:14) - VIEW
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Smithsonian Science How -  Global Change: Reading Ocean Fossils (29:16) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - American Museum of Natural History - Meet the Paleontologists (2:45) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Becoming a Fossil (2:34) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Fossils: Rocking the Earth (2:08) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - Were These Monsters Inspired by Fossils? (12:18) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - How a Supervolcano Made the Cenozoic’s Coolest Fossils (9:24) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Most Useful Fossils In The World (5:48) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - Can We Get DNA From Fossils? (11;21)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Oddest Couple in the Fossil Record (8:48) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Prehistoric Roadtrip Series - VIEW 
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Regents Review 2.0 - Fossils Collection (7:15) - VIEW

Watch 

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RIVERS OF LIFE - Yukon
Wednesday, 10/12 from 8-9 pm NHPBS
Remote and wild, the Yukon is a river of extremes. In summer, a restless giant and in winter, it becomes a river of ice. Home to bears, moose, and salmon, the Yukon's riches have sustained North American people for centuries. RIVERS OF LIFE Streaming Video

NOVA - Computers v. Crime
Wednesday, 10/12 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Across the country, artificial intelligence is helping inform decisions about policing and criminal sentencing. This timely investigation digs into the hidden biases, privacy risks, and design flaws of this controversial technology. NOVA Streaming Video

SECRETS OF THE DEAD - Archeology at Althorp
Wednesday, 10/12 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Discover one of the most significant British archaeological finds of the century in the Althorp estate, house to the late Diana, Princess of Wales. What treasures and history will this extensive excavation reveal? SECRETS OF THE DEAD Streaming Video

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IN THEIR OWN WORDS - Queen Elizabeth
Wednesday, 10/12 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
Follow Queen Elizabeth II's remarkable life, from her youth to her uncle's abdication, her father's coronation as King George VI, her experience during World War II, her sudden ascension to the throne, and her eventful reign of more than 60 years. IN THEIR OWN WORDS Streaming Video

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