Jellyfish - November 3

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Sunday, November 3, 2024

Today is Cliché Day, Jellyfish Day, and National Sandwich Day.

Native American Heritage Month Resource of the Day - Native America in the Classroom Collection 
Drum Month Resource of the Day -  Hana's Japanese Drums

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

ON THIS DATE

• 1534 - The English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church.
• 1868 - John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) becomes the first African American elected to the United States Congress.
• 1868 - Republican Ulysses S. Grant defeats Democrat Horatio Seymour in the presidential election.
• 1908 - Republican William Howard Taft defeats Democrat William Jennings Bryan in the presidential election.
• 1936 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected in a landslide over  Alfred M. ''Alf'' Landon.
• 1957 - The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2 with Laika the dog,  the first animal to enter orbit.
• 1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson defeats Republican Barry Goldwater in the presidential election.
• 1979 - Five members of the Communist Workers Party are killed and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro, North Carolina.
• 1992 - Democrat Bill Clinton defeats President George H.W. Bush in the presidential election.
• 1992 - Illinois Democrat Carol Moseley-Braun becomes the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate.

BIRTHDAYS

• 39 - Roman poet Lucan
• 1794 - Poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant
• 1918 - Brigadier General Elizabeth P. Hoisington
• 1933 - Politician Michael Dukakis
• 1951 - Baseball player Dwight Evans
• 1987 - Football player and activist Colin Kaepernick

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Guns N' Roses November Rain - LISTEN
  

THEME: JELLYFISH

• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Crafts for Kids - Make an Upcycled Jellyfish (1:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-12 - Monterey Bay Aquarium - Moon Jellyfish Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Georgia Aquarium Jellie Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Splash and Bubbles - Cloning Around (2:02) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Meeting the Immortal Jellyfish (2:23) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - I Don't Think You're Ready for These Jellies (4:46) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12- NHPBS LearningMedia - Big Pacific - Nomura's Jellyfish (4:53) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Shape of Life - Cnidarian Animation: Polyp and Medusa (1:16) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Deep Look - Why Jellyfish Float Like a Butterfly and Sting Like a Bee (2:55) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - In the Increasingly Damaged Sea, One Animal is Thriving (6:52) - VIEW

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