Statistics and Bill Nye - November 27
Learning That Adds Up
Monday, November 27, 2023
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Today's Theme: Statistics and Bill Nye
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- 1839 - The American Statistical Association is founded in Boston, MA.
- 1924 - The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held in New York City.
- 1978 - San Francisco mayor George Moscone and gay rights activist and city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
- 1701 - Swedish scientist and mathematician Anders Celsius
- 1809 - English actor and writer Fanny Kemble
- 1909 - Writer James Agee
- 1940 - Actor and martial arts expert Bruce Lee
- 1942 - Musician Jimi Hendrix
- 1951 - Director Kathryn Bigelow
- 1955 - Science Guy Bill Nye
- 1960 - Children's author and illustrator Kevin Henkes
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower - LISTEN
- Grades 5-7 Professional Development - PBS LearningMedia - Statistics: Whirlybirds (19:33) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12 - Learner.org - Against All Odd: Inside Statistics - 36-part series - VIEW
THEME: BILL NYE
- Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Cooking with Bill Nye: Dependent and Independent Variables
- VIEW and DO - Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova Science Now: The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers - Bill Nye: Change the World (4:08) -VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova Science Now: The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers - Bill Nye (4:18) -VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Bill Nye: Scientific Thinking and Climate Change (7:15) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - POV - Bill Nye: Science Guy - Lesson Plan Clips: Solar Sailing - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - POV - Bill Nye: Science Guy - Somewhere, Something Incredible (6:28) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Physics Girl - Should We Go to Mars with Bill Nye (9:04) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Firing Line - Bill Nye (26:46) - VIEW
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INDEPENDENT LENS - Soul Food Junkies
Monday, 11/27 from 12-1 pm NHPBS
Baffled by his dad's reluctance to change his traditional soul food diet in the face of a health crisis, filmmaker Byron Hurt sets out to learn more about this culinary tradition and its relevance to black cultural identity. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video
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NATURE - The Hummingbird Effect
Monday, 11/27 from 8-9:30 am NHPBS EXPLORE
Explore Costa Rica one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. From rainforests to volcanos, tiny architects and caretakers at the heart of this vast wildlife diversity keep this ecological giant running: the hummingbirds. NATURE Streaming Video
RICK STEVES: FASCISM IN EUROPE
Monday, 11/27 from 9:30-11 am NH WORLD
Rick Steves travels back a century to learn how fascism rose and then fell in Europe - taking millions of people with it. He traces fascism's history from its roots in the turbulent aftermath of World War I, when masses of angry people rose up, to the rise of charismatic leaders who manipulated that anger, and the totalitarian societies they built.
HARRIET TUBMAN; VISIONS OF FREEDOM
Monday, 11/27 from 8-9:30 pm NH WORLD
Go beyond the legend and meet the woman who repeatedly risked her own life and freedom to liberate others from slavery. One of the greatest freedom fighters in U.S. history, Tubman was an Underground Railroad conductor, a Civil War scout, and a spy. HARRIET TUBMAN; VISIONS OF FREEDOM - Streaming Video
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