Toys and Dinosaurs - August 2

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Friday, August 2, 2024

Today is National Coloring Book Day, National Ice Cream Sandwich Day, and Water Balloon Day.

• Health and Wellness Month Resource of the Day:  Smoking and Vaping - Lung Health
• Sandwich Month Sandwich of the Day: Muffuletta: How This Gigantic New Orleans Sandwich Was Born

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: TOYS and DINOSAURS 
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ON THIS DATE

• 1776 - Delegates to the Continental Congress begin signing the Declaration of Independence.
• 1790 - The first United States Census is conducted.
• 1923 - Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
• 1932 - The positron is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
• 1934 - Adolf Hitler becomes the Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
• 1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War

BIRTHDAYS

• 1754 - Architect and designer of Washington, DC, Pierre Charles L'Enfant
• 1834 - French sculptor and designer of the Statue of Liberty, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
• 1924 - Author James Baldwin
• 1939 - Director Wes Craven
• 1966 - Baseball pitcher Tim Wakefield
• 1970 - Actor, screenwriter, and director Kevin Smith

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Elvis Presley - Teddy Bear - LISTEN
  
• Melanie - Brand New Key - LISTEN
• Four Seasons - Rag Doll - LISTEN

THEME: TOYS

• Grades K-12 - Sesame Street - Rubber Duckie (2:22) - LISTEN
• Grades K-12 - Sesame Street - Rubber Duckie with Daveed Diggs (1:41) - LISTEN
• Grades K-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Toy Story - Toy Collection (8:02) - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades K-12 - NHPBS Video - Spanish with Esmeralda - Learn the Spanish Words for Some Toys (0:30) - VIEW
• Grades K-12 - National Toy Hall of Fame - READ and VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Timeless Toys - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Physics Girl - Bizarre Spinning Toys (4:56) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - Engineering Toys that Capture Energy from Play (7:12) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - How Architects Use Toy Blocks for Modeling (5:34) - VIEW and DO

THEME: DINOSAURS

• Grades PreK-2 - Dinosaur Train WebSite - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Dinosaur Train Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - ScienceTrek - Dinosaur Basics (5:51) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - The Adaptations that Helped a Giant Dinosaur Eat (5:13) - VIEW and DO
• grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Studying Adaptations for Walking in Dinosaurs (5:48) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - GPS: Dinosaurs (8:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - Discussing Dinosaurs with a Paleontologist (5:42) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Birds Are Living Dinosaurs (5:24) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12- PBS LearningMedia - Eons - Inside the Dinosaur Library (7:18) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief (7:28) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Raptor That Made Us Rethink Dinosaurs (8:36) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Giant Dinosaur That Was Missing a Body (12:01) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - Was This Dinosaur a Cannibal? (10:37) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - When Dinosaurs Chilled in the Arctic (9:20) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - An Illustrated History of Dinosaurs (12:20) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Facts About Dinosaurs & Feathers (10:01) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - What Colors Were Dinosaurs? (5:02) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - What a Dinosaur Looks Like Under a Microscope (8:09) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - The Dinosaur On Your Thanksgiving Table (10:16) - VIEW

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NOVA - Why Bridges Collapse
Friday, 8/02 from 3-4 pm NHPBS
In 2018, Italy's Morandi Bridge collapsed, killing 43 people. NOVA investigates what went wrong and explores other bridge collapses across the United States. How can new engineering techniques make bridges safer and prevent such tragedies? NOVA Streaming Video

10 Modern Marvels That Changed America 
Friday, 8/02 from 4-5 pm NHPBS
Take a whirlwind tour of engineering feats that made our civilization possible. See how engineers connected our nation with bridges, rail networks, and a continent-wide freeway system, and delivered water from distant rivers to our kitchen sinks. 10 that Changed America Streaming Video

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