Elephants and Mushrooms - April 16

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Today is Day of the Mushroom, Eggs Benedict Day, Librarian Day, Orchid Day, Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day, Save the Elephant Day, and World Semicolon Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Elephants and Mushrooms
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ON THIS DATE

• 1945 - More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine
• 1947 - An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
• 1962 - Bob Dylan debuts his song "Blowin' in the Wind" 
• 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail 

BIRTHDAYS

• 1755 - French painter Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
• 1867 - Inventor Wilbur Wright
• 1889 - English actor, director, and producer Charlie Chaplin
• 1919 - Dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham
• 1924 - Composer Henry Mancini
• 1939 - English singer Dusty Springfield
• 1947 - Basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
• 1952 - Football coach Bill Belichick
• 1971 - Singer-songwriter Selena
• 1993 - Rapper Chance the Rapper

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Henry Mancini - Baby  Elephant Walk - LISTEN
• Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man - LISTEN
• Selena - I Could Fall in Love - LISTEN
• Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind - LISTEN

POEM OF THE DAY 
Gerard Malanga - Elephant Armageddon

THEME:  ELEPHANTS

• Grades PreK-12 - San Diego Zoo and Safari Park - Elephant Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - National Zoo - Elephant Cam -VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Elephant Sanctuary - EleCam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Snuffy is Not an Elephant (2:46) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elephant Elevator Operator Song (2:18) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Grover and the Elephant (2:46) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Homer the Pet Elephant (2:44) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame street - Natalie Portman And Elmo Are Princess & Elephant  (4:24) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Pinkalicious and Peterrific - Elephant Fun at the Zoo (2:12) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 -  PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Baby Elephant Power  (1:47) - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades K-4  - Wild Kratts - Nosing Around (1:54) - VIEW 
• Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts' Creatures - Thr Baby Elephant's Trunk (1:51) -VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Unforgettable Elephants (4:36) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Grasslands Elephants (1:57) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - How Elephants Listen ... With Their Feet (3:38) -VIEW
• Grades 5-10 - PBS  LearningMedia - Earth: A New Wild -Living with Sumatran Elephants (5:10) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Forest Elephants (3:50) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Desert Elephants (4:11) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Studying Elephants (7:48) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12  - PBS LearningMedia - When Whales Walked: Journeys in Deep Time - Age of Elephants (4:46) - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia -Elephant Whisperer - Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise (55:11) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Elephants Offer Clues  To Cancer's Secrets  (8:05) - VIEW, READ, DO

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 (Available in Spanish)- 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

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

JULIUS CAESAR; THE MAKING OF THE DICTATOR - Ides of March
Tuesday, 4/16 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
A handful of senators plot to end his rule in the only way they can: by taking his life. But will it be enough to save the Republic? JULIUS CAESAR: THE MAKING OF A DICTATOR Streaming Video

FRONTLINE - The Children of Ukraine
Tuesday, 4/16 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Thousands of Ukrainian children were taken and held in Russia. This is the story of families searching for their missing children, authorities investigating alleged abductions, and teenagers who escaped and say they were subjected to Russian propaganda. FRONTLINE Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

INDEPENDENT LENS - Ticktok, Boom
Tuesday, 4/16 from 2-3:30 pm NH WORLD
Featuring a cast of Gen Z influencers and experts, this film dissects TikTok, one of the most influential platforms in the new social media landscape, balancing a genuine interest in the community and its innovative mechanics with healthy skepticism. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video

INDEPENDENT LENS - A Reckoning in Boston
Tuesday, 4/16 from 3:30-5 pm NH WORLD
A white filmmaker sets out to document students of color enrolled in Boston's Clemente Course in the Humanities. He finds out that when it comes to exploring the city's history of racism and gentrification, it's his own education he needs to reckon with. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video

GRETA THUNBERG: A YEAR TO SAVE THE PLANET - Episode 2
Tuesday, 4/16 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
Follow Greta's journey from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to Poland, where she speaks with miners who have lost their jobs. She also visits the UK, where she meets with one of her inspirations -- Sir David Attenborough. GRETA THUNBERG: A YEAR TO SAVE THE PLANET  Streaming Video

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