Pedal Pushing Learning Over Easy
Saturday, June 3, 2023
Today is National Egg Day, National Gun Violence Awareness Day, National Donut Day, and World Bicycle 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, Eggs, Prairies and Black Bears
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BIRTHDAYS
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? () - VIEW
- Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Mountain Bikes () - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Ice Bike - () VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-8 - NHPB Video - SCiGirls - Pedal Power () - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHBS Video - Winter Fat Tire Biking () - 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
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - The Egg: Life's Perfect Invention (53:29) - VIEW
THEME: Black Bears
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Do the Bear (2:37) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Super Why - Goldilocks and The Three Bears (25:25) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Bears (5:25) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 1-5 - PBS LearingMedia - Kratts Creatures - Bear Camping (1:20) - VIEW
- Grades 1-5 - PBS LearingMedia - Kratts Creatures - Bear-ly Swimming (1:41) - VIEW
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Jr. - Black Bear - READ
- Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Black Bears (26:45) - VIEW, READ and DO
THEME: PRAIRIES
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater - Little Prairie on the Prairie (2:31) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Nature Cat - The Prairie is Awesome (2:34) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Nature Cat - Speaking Prairie Chicken (2:38) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Bison Roadblock (1:44) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 2-6 - EEK! - What is a Prairie? - READ
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Vegetation on the Prairie (3:54) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Wetlands: A Prairie Slough (1:31) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Biodiversity on the Prairie (3:21) - VIEW
WATCH
GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE - Fall Mountain Regional v. St. Thomas Aquinas
Friday, 6/2 from 5:30-6 pm NHPBS
GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE Streaming Video
NHPBS EXPLORE - 11.2 Comcast (801) More Options
SCIGIRLS - Cartoon Coders
Saturday, 6/3 from 7:30-8 am NHPBS EXPLORE
Three girls act on their passion for technology and social justice by creating a computer animation urging children to take action in their own communities. SCIGIRLS Streaming Video in English and Spanish
NH WORLD - 11.3 Comcast (965) More Options
WE'LL MEET AGAIN - Coming Out
Saturday, 6/3 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Join Ann Curry as those whose lives were changed by the early days of the gay rights movement reunite. Tom wants to find the childhood friend who urged him to come out, while Paul Tosi recounts how fellow University of New Hampshire student, Wayne April, set up the first Gay Student Organization on campus. The newly formed organization received backlash from the local Governor Meldrim Thomson. WE'LL MEET AGAIN Streaming Video
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.