Maple Syrup and Flight - December 17

Flying High with Learning That Sticks to You

Sunday, December 17, 2022

Today is Wright Brothers Day and National Maple Syrup Day.

Winter Resource of the Day: Jack Frosty

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Maple Syrup and Flight
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ON THIS DATE

• 1862 - General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
• Wilbur and Orville Wright make the first man-powered, heavier-than-air flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
• The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882  is repealed. 
• 1933 - The Chicago Bears beat the New York Giants 23-21 at Wrigley Field in the first NFL championship game.
• 1989 - The Simpsons premieres on television.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1706 - French mathematician, philosopher, and physicist Émilie du Châtelet
• 1807 - Poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier
• 1894 - Conductor Arthur Fiedler
• 1936 - Pope Francis

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly - LISTEN
• Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away- LISTEN
• Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle - LISTEN
• REO Speedwagon -Time for Me to Fly - LISTEN
  
• Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag - LISTEN

THEME:  Maple Syrup

• Grades K-3 - Nature Cat - Tree Sap Becomes Syrup (3:37)  - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Nature Cat - Making Maple Syrup from Tree Sap! (3:02) - VIEW
• Grade 3-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Maple Syrup (3:47) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Prairie Mosaic Shorts - Jerry Jacobson: Maple Syrup Maker (6:34) - VIEW 
• Grades 6-12- PBS LearningMedia - Climate Wisconsin - Sugaring (3:45) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Autumn Watch New England - Maple Syrup Tapping (2:32) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12- NHPBS Video - Made Here - Gathering Time (9:05) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The People of the Big Lake - Maple Sugar (8:08) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - How Do They Make Maple Syrup? (13:43)  - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Welcome to My Farm - Maine Maple Sunday (25:47) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Show Me Ag - Maple Sugaring (26:48) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - The Sugar Makers (19:25) - VIEW

THEME:  Flight

• Grades K-4 - Ready Jet Go! - Flight Research Center(1:45) - VIEW
• Grades 3-5 - Cyberchase - Bunny Copter Flight Test (2:22) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Know Ohio - The Wright Brothers (3:29) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Know Ohio - Female Pioneers of the Sky (2:14) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - STEM in 30 - The Wright Stuff: Flying the Wright Flyer (34:54) - VIEW and DO 
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Transforming the Future of Flight (Available in Spanish) (3:57) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grade 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Flight Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - STEM in 30 -The Airplane's Family Tree: From the Wright Brothers to Today (28:30) - VIEW and DO 
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Curious Crew - Paper Airplane Science (26:46) -VIEW
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia - STEM in 30 - Kites to Flight: Inventing with the Wright Brothers (29:44) - VIEW and DO 
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Alphonse Pénaud - The Forgotten Pioneer (1:23) -VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - How Did Giant Pterosaurs Fly? (13:39) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Breakthrough: The Ideas that Changed the World - The Airplane (54:51) - VIEW 

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THE NUTCRACKER AND THE MOUSE KING
Sunday, 12/17 from 11 am-12:30 pm NHPBS
Join Alan Cumming for the real story of the Nutcracker and the Mouse King with the beloved music of Tchaikovsky. Featuring the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the direction of John Mauceri, this new version is a rare holiday treat. THE NUTCRACKER AND THE MOUSE KING Streaming Video

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