Rainforests - June 22
Wet and Wild Learning
Saturday, June 22, 2024
Today is National Chocolate Eclair Day, National Onion Ring Day, Positive Media Day, and World Rainforest Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Ocean/River Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Rainforests
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ON THIS DATE
- 1870 - U.S. Department of Justice established.
- 1940 - France signs an armistice with Germany eight days after German forces invade Paris.
- 1942 - Pledge of Allegiance adopted by Congress.
- 1944 - FDR signs the GI Bill.
- 1969 The Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio catches on fire.
- 1906 - Director Billy Wilder
- 1909 - Dancer and choreographer Katherine Dunham
- 1933 - Politician Dianne Feinstein
- 1936 - Singer-songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson
- 1949 - Actor Meryl Streep
- 1949 - Politician Elizabeth Warren
- 1953 - Musician Cyndi Lauper
- 1960 - Environmental activist Erin Brockovich
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - LISTEN- Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee - LISTEN
- Deep Purple - Smoke On the Water - LISTEN
OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Rivers of Life - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Grover Searches the Amazonian Rainforest (4:00) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - N is For Nature - Australian Rainforest (1:20) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-4 - Wild Kratts - Rainforest Adventure (3:01) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - Plum Landing - Jungle Rangers: Missions in the Borneo Rainforest - DO
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - KidVision - Rainforest (8:55) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature Conservancy - Recording the Rainforest: Nature Works Everywhere (8:01) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Temperate Rainforests (Available in Spanish) (7:05) -VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Rainforests - READ
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - This Rainforest Caterpillar Looks Like Donald Trump (5:01) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - When the Rainforests Collapsed (7:41) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Library of Congress - Teaching With Primary Sources - Amazon Rainforest - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Rainforest Pharmacy: Jungle Medicine and Nutrition (6:28) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Magical Land of Oz - Tree Kangaroos in Queensland Rainforest (3:04) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - When Camels Roamed North America (9:45) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Tropical Rainforest Diversity (4:03) - VIEW, READ, DO
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