Eggs - October 13

Learning That Will Crack You Up

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Today is the Navy Birthday, Silly Sayings Day, World Egg Day, M & M Day, Yorkshire Pudding Day, Father-Daughter Day, International Suit Up Day, and I Love Yarn Day.

Animal Cam of the Day: Monterey Bay Jelly Cam
Dessert of the Day: Yorkshire Tapas Pudding

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Eggs

ON THIS DATE

• 1775 - The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy.
• 1792 - The cornerstone of the White House is laid.
• 1884 - The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
• 1903 - The Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox) win the first World Series.
• 1908 - Suffragist and journalist Margaret Travers Symons sneaks into the UK parliament and becomes the first woman to speak there.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1754 - Revolutionary War figure Molly Pitcher
• 1909 - Editorial cartoonist Herblock
• 1925 - UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
• 1925 - Comedian Lenny Bruce
• 1941 - Musician Paul Simon
• 1961 - Basketball coach Doc Rivers
• 1989 - U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al - LISTEN
• Paul Simon - Sesame Street - Me and Julio Down by the School Yard - LISTEN
  
• The Beatles - I Am the Walrus - LISTEN

THEME:  EGGS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Rotten Eggs and Jam (1:54)  - VIEW
  
• PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Stone Barns Egg Chore (2:19) - VIEW 
• PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Everyday Learning -What Comes from an Egg? (1:39) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Mystic Egg Pizza (11:00) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Laying Eggs (2:24) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Create Egg Carton Turtles (1:12) - VIEW and DO
• Grade K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts -The Great Crocodile Hatching! (2:30) - VIEW
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Making Eggs Float (3:03) - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Science-U - How Do You Drop an Egg Without Breaking It? (2:51) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NASA - Warmer Water Kills Salmon Eggs (3:05) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 -  PBS LearningMedia - NC Science Now - Nest Egg Science (5:20) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature  - American Eagle: Challenges of Incubation (3:19) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Why Don't Birds Lay Square Eggs (7:21)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 -  NHPBS Video - Eons - How the Egg Came First (8:44) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 -  NHPBS Video - Eons - The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief (7:28) - VIEW

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