Mushrooms and Other Fungi - February 4

Mushrooms and Other Fungi - February 4

Fun Fungi Learning

Sunday, February 4, 2024

Homemade Soup Day, Liberace Day, National Stuffed Mushroom Day, and World Cancer Day.

Black History Month Resource of the Day: Rosa Parks

  • Grades K-3 - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Rosa Parks (3:01) - VIEW
  • Grades 3-7 - PBS LearningMedia - Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Activist (Available in Spanish) (3:48) - VIEW, and DO
  • Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Rosa Parks Interview (2:13) - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott (6:29) - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 5-12 - ReadWriteThink - Rosa Parks Activity - READ and DO
  • Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Montgomery Bus Boycott (35:05) - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 8-12 - NHPBS VIdeo - The Origins of Everything - Is the Rosa Parks Story True? (8:44) - VIEW
  • Grades 8-12 - NHPBS VIdeo - They Dared! - Claudette Colvin (2:41) - VIEW

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Mushrooms and Other Fungi

ON THIS DATE

  • 1801 - John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.
  • 1861 - Delegates from six southern states meet in Montgomery, Alabama, and form the Confederate States of America.
  • 1941 - The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
  • 1974 -The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
  • 2004 - Facebook is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin.

BIRTHDAYS

SONGS OF THE DAY 

  • Alice Cooper - School's Out - LISTEN
  • Strawberry Alarm Clock - Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow -LISTEN

THEME:  Mushrooms and Other Fungi

  • Grades PreK-2 - Nature Cat - Ronald's Mushroom MUSEUM! (3:56) - VIEW
  • Grades PreK-2 - Nature Cat - Mushroom Tour (3:34) - VIEW
  • Grades 1-5 - Time for Kids - Mighty Mushrooms - READ
  • Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Decomposers - READ
  • Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Mycoremediation (Available in Spanish) (1:05) - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - EcoSense for Living -The Secret Life of Mushrooms (9:44) - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - This American Land - Fabulous Filtering Fungi (7:36) - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Rewire - What Mysteries Do Mushrooms Hold? (2:51) - VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - Can Mushrooms Help to Save the Honeybees? (5:28) - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Biology - Fungi: Death Becomes Them (11:50) -  VIEW
  • Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Eons - When Giant Fungi Ruled (6:37) - VIEW 
  • Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Gross Science - An Internet Made of Fungus (4:03) - VIEW and DO

More Learning Resources

Looking for some super cool crafts to do with your kids? Or maybe you need some expert parenting resources to help raise your child? You can find it all right here:

PBS KIDS CRAFTS & PBS PARENTING TIPS

PBS LearningMedia

PBS LearningMedia

NHPBS and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for educators. You can also create your own lessons and assignments to meet the needs of your students.

Annenberg

Annenberg Learner

Searchable online video courses and interactives across the curriculum and grade levels in areas like chemistry, literature, music, the visual arts, social studies, world languages storytelling, spelling and lots more.

Brainpop

Brainpop

Features over 1,000 animated shorts and quizzes for students in grades K-12 covering science, social studies, English, math, the arts, health, and technology.  The service is free to schools closed due to COVID-19.

Scholastic

Scholastic Learn At Home

Everyday Scholastic will feature four learning experiences, built around a story or video.

Storyline Online

StoryLine Online

A series of imaginatively produced videos featuring celebrated actors reading children's books.

Local Learning Resources

The best of NH learning resources from around the state.

  • Cheshire County Historical Society

  • New Hampshire Public Radio:

    • Civics 101 -  Tons of great (and free!) audio, activities, resources, and lessons to help you stay engaged with civics.
    • Ask Sam - Ask Sam features Outside/In host Sam Evans-Brown answering listener questions about the mysteries and quirks of the natural world.

  • Seacoast Science Center in Odiorne Point State Park

    • Learning Connection - Even though their doors are closed, we’re still here to connect you to the inspirational powers of nature and engage you in learning. 

  • Squam Lakes Natural Science Center

  • Strawbery Banke Museum

    • Online Learning - Virtual Tours, the Virtual Classroom, artifacts of the week, featured items from the Collections, Horticulture Learning Center materials, and more.

  • Tiger Takes On

 

PBS KIDS!

PBS Kids for Teachers/Caregivers/Parents

  • PBS for Parents
    A guide of PBS resources targeted for parents teaching kids, features a great activity finder
  • PBS Education
    The greatest teachers ignite a love of learning and a sense of possibility that motivates students to reach their full potential.
  • PBS Teachers' Lounge
    This site has great teaching tips, ideas, resources and support for teachers.
  • PBS KIDS Games app
    Offers nearly 200 educational games, which can be downloaded for offline play anytime, anywhere. 

Contact Us

Susan Adams
Education Manager
sadams@nhpbs.org
Phone: 603-868-4455
Fax: 603-868-7552

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