Tornadoes and Mole (Chemistry) - October 23

Whipping Up Some Learning

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Today is Mole Day (chemistry), TV Talk Show Host Day, National Boston Cream Pie Day, iPod Day, Canning Day, and National Croc Day.

Animal Cam of the Day: Oakland Zoo Grizzly Bear Cam
Dessert of the Day: Boston Cream Pie
LGBT History Resource of the Day: American Masters: Terrence McNally

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Tornadoes and Moles

ON THIS DATE

• 1973 -  President Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed tapes.
• 1983 - A suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon kills 220 U.S. Marines, 18 sailors, and 3 Army soldiers.
• 1987 -  The U.S. Senate rejects the Supreme Court nomination of Robert H. Bork, 58-42.
• 1998 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat signed a peace agreement at the White House.
• 2001 - Apple introduces the iPod.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1869 - Football coach John William Heisman
• 1920 - Meteorologist Ted Fujita
• 1925 - Talk show host Johnny Carson
• 1940 -  Brazilian soccer player Pelé
• 1942 - Author Michael Crichton
• 1954 - Director Ang Lee
• 1956 - Singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakam
• 1959 - Singer-songwriter "Weird Al" Yankovic
• 1976- Actor Ryan Reynolds

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• "Weird Al" Yankovic - The Saga Begins - LISTEN
• Dwight Yoakam - Guitars and Cadillacs - LISTEN
  

THEME: Tornadoes

• Grades 3-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts -Tornado (1:43) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Tornado Model (5:25) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Fujita Scale (6:07) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Deadliest Tornadoes (52:52) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Chasing Tornadoes (Available in Spanish) (5:21) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - How Do Tornadoes Form? (6:22)  - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Storm Prediction - Oklahoma's Deadliest Tornadoes (5:15) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - How Drones Could Help Predict Tornadoes (3:41)  - VIEW and READ

THEME:  MOLE

• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Rock Me Avogadro (3:05) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Fundamental Laws: Crash Course Chemistry - The Creation of Chemistry (10:58) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia -  Crash Course Chemistry - Stoichiometry: Chemistry for Massive Creatures (12:46) - VIEW

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