Chocolate - October 28

Bringing Learning to Sweet Life

Saturday, October 28, 2023

Today is International Animation Day and National Chocolate Day

Animal Cam of the Day: Beardsley Zoo /River Otter Cam
Dessert of the Day: Salted Pumpkin Caramels
LGBT History Resource of the Day: Taylor Mac Turns U.S. History Inside Out in 24-hour Show
Scary Resource of the Day: PBS Kids Halloween Games

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

• 1636 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a theological college, which later becomes Harvard University.
• 1726 - Jonathan Swift's satire Gulliver's Travels is published.
• 1793 - Eli Whitney applies for a patent for the cotton gin.
• 1886 - President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
• 1919 - Congress enacts the Volstead Act, which provides for enforcement of Prohibition, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
• 1922 - Benito Mussolini takes control of the government of Italy.
• 1956 - Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
• 1962 - Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
• 2006 - Boston Celtics basketball coach Red Auerbach dies at age 89.
• 2007 - Cristina Fernandez is elected as Argentina's first woman president.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1754 - Revolutionary War soldier John Laurens
• 1846 - French chef Georges Auguste Escoffier 
• 1897 - Costume designer Edith Head
• 1914 - Biologist and physician Jonas Salk
• 1955 - Businessman and philanthropist Bill Gates
• 1967 - Actor Julia Roberts
• 1974 - Actor Joaquin Phoenix
• 1982 - English actor Matt Smith

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Bee Gees - Chocolate Symphony - LISTEN
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - The Candy Man - LISTEN
  

THEME: CHOCOLATE

• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Sesame Street: Professor Cookie Subtracts (3:46) -  VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - KidVision - How Chocolate is Made (8:58) - VIEW
• Grade 3 - PBS LearningMedia - Melty Chocolate Science Lesson - READ, VIEW, and DO
• Grades 4-8 - Curious Crew - Chocolate Chemistry (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Reactions - Gum + Chocolate = ??? (1:49) - VIEW and READ
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Earth and Sky Podcast - Lyndel Meinhardt Is Searching for Heartier Chocolate in the Rainforest (7:59) - LISTEN
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - Is White Chocolate Actually White Chocolate? (2:55) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Serving Up Science - 100% Dark Chocolate: Bitter or Best Ever? (7:29) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Native America - Chaco Chocolate (2:29) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - How Does It Grow - White Chocolate or White LIE? (1:16) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - PBS NewsHour - Rita Dove - Chocolate (0:37) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Is Chocolate Facing Extinction? (5:10) - VIEW

Watch 

NHPBS EXPLORE - 11.2 Comcast (801) More Options

NATIVE AMERICA - From Caves to Cosmos
Saturday, 10/28 from 8-9 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Combine ancient wisdom and modern science to answer a 15,000-year-old question: who were America's First Peoples? The answer hides in Amazonian cave paintings, Mexican burial chambers, New Mexico's Chaco Canyon, and waves off California's coast. NATIVE AMERICA Streaming Video

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS - Margo Price/Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
Saturday, 10/28 from 11 pm-12 am NHPBS EXPLORE
Margo Price returns for her second headlining appearance with her latest album Strays as the centerpiece, and next-generation bluegrass musician Molly Tuttle and her band Golden Highway dazzle in their first ACL appearance. AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Streaming Video

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COLLEGE BEHIND BARS - Parts 3&4
Saturday, 10/28 from 8-10 pm NH WORLD
Students embark on yearlong senior projects. One student reckons with her path to prison, while another receives devastating news from home. The debate union squares off against their rival across the river, West Point. The prison debate team faces Harvard. Two students complete their senior projects, while another is sent to the solitary housing unit and isn't able to finish before being released. Bachelor's and associate degrees are awarded on graduation day. COLLEGE BEHIND BARS Streaming Video

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