Cats, Beijing, and Richard Nixon - August 8

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Thursday, August 8, 2024

Today is International Cat Day, National Zucchini Day, Scottish Wildcat Day, National Frozen Custard Day, Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor's Porch Night, U.S. Dollar Day, and Wear Your Mother's Jewelry Day.

• Health and Wellness Month Resource of the Day: Sesame Street - Healthy Living Printables
• Sandwich Month Sandwich of the Day: Grilled Veggie Sandwich (with Zucchini)

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Cats, Beijing, and Richard Nixon
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ON THIS DATE

• 1963 - Thieves make off with 2.6 million pounds from a stopped train outside of London in what is now known as the "Great Train Robbery."  
• 1974 - President Nixon announces his resignation in a nationally televised address.
• 2008 -The Summer Olympic Games open in Beijing.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1814 - Lawyer and first female Justice of the Peace in the U.S. Esther Hobart Morris
• 1896 - Author Marjorie Rawlings
• 1921 - Swimmer and actor Esther Williams
• 1937 - Actor Dustin Hoffman

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Stray Cats  - Stray Cat Strut - LISTEN
  
• Jane's Addiction - My Cat's Name is  Maceo - LISTEN
• The Aristocats - Everybody Wants to Be a Cat - LISTEN
• Al Stewart - Year of the Cat - LISTEN

THEME: CATS 

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - C is for Counting Cats (1:28) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Peep in the Big Wide World - Cat Categories (1:28) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Peep in the Big Wide World - That's a Cat (8:50) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Simon's Cat and Elmo Take a Nap! (2:55) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Peg + Cat - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-3 - Nature Cat - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5- NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cat Adaptations - Agility (3:58) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cat Adaptations - Super Senses (4:00) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cats (8:28) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS Learning Media - Untamed - The Case for Indoor Cats (26:46) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cats - Yesterday and Today (6:54) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Animal Adaptations - Fishing Cat (4:18) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Super Cats: Episode 1 - Extreme Lives (53:28) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Super Cats: Episode 2 - Cats in Every Corner 
• (53:29) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Super Cats: Episode 3 - Science and Secrets (53:28) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Cat Tales (53:41) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - How We Domesticated Cats (Twice) (7:47) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Ghostly Origins of the Big Cats (7:31) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Windows to the Wild - Rico The Hiking Cat (26:45) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Film School Shorts - Trash Cat (2:06) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video -  Monstrum - The Wicked Feline Murder Floof, a Yule Cat Story (9:50) -VIEW

THEME: BEIJING 

• Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - She is the Moon of Moons -  Beats of Beijing (25:15) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - Ping Pong Match (2:27) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - China Loves You (1:18) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - The Drums and Bells of China (1:41) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - China General Store (2:57) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - Chinese Drum Performance (2:43) - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Let's Go Luna - Learn about Beijing, China - 5 Clips - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Beijing Opera Dance (3:39) - VIEW and READ

THEME: RICHARD NIXON

• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - 60-Second Presidents - Richard Nixon (1:15) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - The White House - Richard Nixon - READ
• Grades 6-12 - The Nixon Library - READ
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Nixon - Nixon's Gamble (2:46) - VIEW 
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Vietnam War - The 1968 Presidential Campaign (6:44) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Vietnam War - Nixon - The Silent Majority (1:33) - VIEW

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NH EXPLORE - 11.2 Comcast (11/801) More Options

ISLANDS OF WONDER - Hawaii 
Thursday, 8/8 from 3-4 pm NH EXPLORE
Hawaii, the most remote island chain on Earth, offers sanctuary for wildlife that has reached its tropical shores. From humpback whales to waterfall-climbing fish, it's home to an extraordinary wealth of wildlife. ISLANDS OF WONDER Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

UNTAMED - From Rescue to Release
Thursday, 8/8 from 2-2:30 pm NH WORLD
While the goal of wildlife rehabilitation is to restore wild animals to health and release them back into their natural habitats, it takes incredible efforts from many invested people to make it possible. UNTAMED Streaming Video

UNTAMED - Habitat Islands and Wildlife Corridors
Thursday, 8/8 from 2:30-3 pm NH WORLD
Habitat islands are areas of various sizes that should contain all the necessities for certain species of wildlife to survive and thrive. Too often these islands are not large enough to provide long-term support for the animals who live within. UNTAMED Streaming Video

UNTAMED - Teaching the World: Non-releasable Wildlife Ambassadors
Thursday, 8/8 from 3-3:30 pm NH WORLD
The goal of wildlife rehabilitation is to release healthy, recovered animals back to their natural habitats, as fully functioning wild animals. But what happens when animals can’t be released? UNTAMED Streaming Video

UNTAMED - Conservation and Public Policy
Thursday, 8/8 from 3:30-4 pm NH WORLD
This episode highlights the importance of policy action surrounding natural resources and conservation issues and offers a brief review of past conservation legislation. UNTAMED Streaming Video

UNTAMED - Outdoor Ethics
Thursday, 8/8 from 4-4:30 pm NH WORLD
Spending time outside connecting with nature can be a great joy for many people. The privilege of being outdoors comes with a great responsibility: learning and abiding by a proper set of “outdoor ethics”. UNTAMED Streaming Video

UNTAMED - Emerging Wildlife Diseases
Thursday, 8/8 from 4:30-5 pm NH WORLD
While some disease outbreaks may be “natural,” human behaviors and influences are adding additional pressure to wildlife and the landscape, and in the end, all of us are affected. UNTAMED Streaming Video

EVOLUTION EARTH - Islands
Thursday, 8/08 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Islands are like miniature simplified Earths, where evolution is playing out at superspeed right before our eyes. Journey from the Galapagos to the edge of Antarctica to seek out animals responding to our changing planet in extraordinary ways. EVOLUTION EARTH Streaming Video

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