Bicycles and Eggs - June 3

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Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Today is National Egg Day, World Bicycle Day. Chocolate Macaroon Day, and Repeat Day, and Repeat Day.

June is Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month; National Oceans Month; National Rivers Month; and National Caribbean-American Heritage Month

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Ocean/River Resource of the Day
Today's Theme:  Bicycles and Eggs

ON THIS DATE

• 1943 - In Los Angeles, white Navy sailors and Marines attack Latino youths in the five-day Zoot Suit Riots. American Experience: Zoot Suit Riots - VIEW
• 1965 - Edward White becomes the first American to "walk" in space. 
• 2009 - New Hampshire becomes the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1897 - Singer-songwriter Memphis Minnie
• 1906 - Singer and dancer Josephine Baker 
• 1926 - Beat poet Allen Ginsberg
• 1936 - Novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry
• 1950 - Screenwriter Melissa Mathison
• 1967 - Journalist Anderson Cooper

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Queen - Bicycle Race - LISTEN
• Josephine Baker - Bye Bye Blackbird - LISTEN
• Memphis Minnie - When the Levee Breaks - LISTEN
  

OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Dragonfly TV - Rivers  - VIEW

THEME: Bicycles

• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Murray Learns to Ride a Bike (4:13) -  VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Learning to Ride a Bike (1:18) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Making Music with Bike Instruments (1:35) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1  - Sesame Street - Cookie and Herry Share a Bike (1:24) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood - Daniel's New Bike (3:53) - VIEW
  
• Grades 3-8 - Design Squad - How Do Bike Gears Work? (2:42) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Mountain Bikes (7:09) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Ice Bike - (7:56) VIEW and DO
  
• Grades 3-8 - NHPB Video - SCIGirls - Pedal Power (28:25) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12  - NHBS Video -  Winter Fat Tire Biking (9:10)  - VIEW

THEME: Eggs

• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Making Eggs Float (3:03) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Egg Rescue (3:37) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief (7:28) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - How the Egg Came First (8:44)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - It's OK to Be Smart-  Why Don't Birds Lay Square Eggs? (7:22) - VIEW

• UPCOMING EVENT - Saturday, June 7, 2025 - 2025 NH Makers Fest - More Information

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