Birds and Pianos - March 28

Feathered and Keyed Learning

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Today is Picture Book Day, Eat an Eskimo Pie Day, Maundy Thursday, Black Forest Cake Day, and Piano Day.

Women's History Month Resource of the Day: American Experience - Rachel Carson

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: BIRDS
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ON THIS DATE

• 1797 - Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine.
• 1963 - Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" premieres in New York.
• 1979 - A coolant leak at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor leads to a partial meltdown.
• 1990 -George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1483 - Italian painter Raphael
• 1895 - Spanish inventor and pioneer of the electronic book Ángela Ruiz Robles
• 1912 - Russian pilot and navigator Marina Raskova
• 1913 - Japanese artist Toko Shinoda
• 1922 - Painter Grace Hartigan
• 1955 - Singer-songwriter Reba McEntire
• 1986 - Singer-songwriter Lady Gaga

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Beatles - Blackbird - LISTEN
• Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle - LISTEN
• The Jackson Five - Rockin' Robin - LISTEN
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird - LISTEN
• Reba McEntire - Is There Life Out There? - LISTEN
• Lady Gaga - Born This Way - LISTEN
  
• Billy Joel - Piano Man - LISTEN

THEME:  BIRDS

• Grades PreK-12 - Cornell Labs Bird Cams - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Audubon Bird Cams - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS Instructional Video - Up Close and Natural - What is a Bird? (13:51) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS Learning Media - You at the Zoo - To Be a Bird (4:41) - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Birds of Prey (4:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Bird Migration (5:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Birds of a Feather - Clips - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-5- PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Dances with Birds  - Clips - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Birds - READ
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Scientist Profile: Neurobiologist (2:02) - VIEW
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - The World's Smallest Bird -  Cuba's Wild Revolution (4:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Water Birds (26:45) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Gross Science - Can Bird Poop Make Clouds? (3:55) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Introduction to Birding - Birding 101 with Sheridan Alford (3:19) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - First-Time Birders - Birding 101 with Sheridan Alford (3:00) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Birding Tips and Tricks - Birding 101 with Sheridan Alford (3:07) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Birds Are Living Dinosaurs (5:24) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - NHPBS - Counting On Birds (56:46) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - NHPBS - Bird Tales (56:35) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - NHPBS - Plight of the Grassland Birds (56:45)- VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Eons - When Birds Had Teeth (11:29) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Eons -The Time Terror Birds Invaded (5:32) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - Why Are Birds Different Colors? (4:12) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Why Don't Birds Lay Square Eggs? (7:21) - VIEW

THEME:  PIANOS

• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Super Grover 2.0: Pulleys - (6:51)  VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Music Arts Toolkit  - Beethoven's Emperor Concerto (10:50) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Curious Crew - Piano Science (26:45) - VIEW
• Grades 5-7 - PBS LearningMedia - Piano Tuning and Balancing Equations (7:12) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Music Arts Toolkit -Profile: Euntaek Kim, Piano, and Performance of Beethoven's Choral Fantasy (27:36)- VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Music Arts Toolkit - Jazz Performance: "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good ) (4:21) - VIEW, READ, DO

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GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE - Inter-Lakes vs. Laconia
Thursday, 3/28 from 7-7:30 pm NHPBS
Inter-Lakes High School meets Laconia High in the final Round One game of GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE. GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE Streaming Video

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