Grouches, Handwashing, and Mushrooms - October 15
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Today is Global Handwashing Day, International Day of Rural Women, I Love Lucy Day, Information Overload Day, National Grouch Day, Mushroom Day, Cheese Curd Day, Chicken Cacciatore Day, National Pug Day, and Roast Pheasant Day.
Wild Animal Month Cam of the Day: Monterey Bay Aquarium Spider Crab Cam
Dessert Month Dessert of the Day: Maple Walnut Stuffed Baked Apples
LGBT History Month Resource of the Day: L.A. A Queer History: Episode Two - Protests and Parades
On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Grouches, Handwashing, and Mushrooms
- 1783 - The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent.
- 1860 - Eleven-year-old Grace Bedell wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, saying he would look better with a beard.
- 1954 - Hurricane Hazel hits the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95.
- 1966 - Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale form the Black Panther Party.
- 70 BC - Roman poet Virgil
- 1844 - German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
- 1920 - Author Mario Puzo
- 1943 - Actor and director Penny Marshall
- 1959 - Chef Emeril Lagasse
- The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand - LISTEN
Fifth Dimension - Up Up & Away, My Beautiful Balloon - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Grouchology Song (1:03) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Bill Hader is Grouchy (2:26) - VIEW
- Grade PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - The Reading Room - The Grouchy Ladybug (27:00) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Oscar's Rotten Ride Game - DO
- Grades PreK-12 - Sesame Street - Oscar and Johnny Cash - Nasty Dan (2:10) - VIEW
THEME: HANDWASHING
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Washy Wash Song: How to Wash Your Hands (0:30) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Step-by-Step Handwashing with Elmo Printable - DO
- Grades PreK-1 - Daniel Tiger - Germs Go Away (1:12) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - Meet the Helpers - Wash You Hands (0:40) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-3 - Meet the Helpers - Washing Hands to Stay Healthy (0:50) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-3 - Odd Squad - How To Wash Your Hands (1:00) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12- PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - Why Soap Is Still Our Best Weapon Against Coronavirus (13:12) - VIEW
THEME: MUSHROOMS
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - EcoSense for Living - The Secret Life of Mushrooms (9:44) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Deep Look - This Mushroom Starts Killing You Before You Even Realize It (3:31) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - Can Mushrooms Help to Save the Honeybees? (5:28) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Biology - Fungi: Death Becomes Them (11:50) - VIEW
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BASEBALL - The Faith of 50 Million People
Saturday, 10/15 from 3-5 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
The Black Sox scandal, which is at the center of the third inning, reveals how eight members of the Chicago white sox including the incomparable Shoeless Joe Jackson, "Played with the faith of 50 million people," as F. Scott Fitzgerald later wrote, by taking money from gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series. BASEBALL - Streaming Video
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