Web of Learning
Friday, March 14, 2025
Today is Celebrate Scientists Day, Learn About Butterflies Day, Preschooler's Day, Pi Day, Potato Chip Day, Save a Spider Day, and Science Education Day.
Women's History Resource of the Day: Rogue History: The Notorious Women of Piracy
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Spiders and Butterflies
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BIRTHDAYS
SONGS OF THE DAY
- The Who - Boris the Spider - LISTEN
- Jim Stafford - Spiders and Snakes - LISTEN
THEME: Spiders
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Jim Parsons: Arachnid (1:31) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Jordan Spacks - Itsy Bitsy Spider (1:21) - VIEW
- Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature Nuggets - Spiders at Work (1:44) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Orbit the Spider (1:20) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Designer Spider Silk (1:28) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Make a Web (2:15) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratt's Creatures - Tarantula Time (1:33) - VIEW
- Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Garden Spiders (2:40) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-8 - Centers for Disease Control - Venomous Spiders - READ
- Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Great Job: Spider Biologist (6:32) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Lens 0f Time: Spider Seduction (7:29) - READ and VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Is a Spider Web Part of Its Mind? (4:43) - VIEW
THEME: Butterflies
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Little Butterfly Friend Song (1:45) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - 11 Butterflies (1:18) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS Learning Media - If I Was a Butterfly (5:31) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - KidVision - A Day with a Butterfly Expert (9:00) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-3 - Dinosaur Train - All About Butterflies (1:39) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - Nature Cat - Butterfly Garden (2:17) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Crafts for Kids - Make a Butterfly Costume (3:01) - VIEW
- Grades K-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Butterflies: They Taste With Their Feet (4:06) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 2-6- SciGirls - Butterfly Diaries (26:10) - VIEW
- Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Butterfly Wings (7:04) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Moths and Butterflies - READ
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Wildlife Journal Junior - Karner Blue Butterfly (8:26) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Deep Look - Glasswing Butterflies Want To Make Something Perfectly Clear (5:24) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Quest - Fire and Butterflies (5:00) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - The Mystery of the World's Greatest Butterfly Migration (9:12) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Using Gene Editing To Repaint Butterfly Wings (11:13) - VIEW
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:
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.
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.
Everyday Scholastic will feature four learning experiences, built around a story or video.
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.
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Cheshire County Historical Society
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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.
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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.
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Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
- A resource to keep you connected to nature - Enjoy nature at home with these online learning experiences brought to you by the Science Center’s Naturalists.
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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.
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Tiger Takes On

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.