Orangutans - August 19

Swinging from Branch to Branch Learning

Monday, August 19, 2024

Today is National Aviation Day, International Bow Day, World Orangutan Day, World Photography Day, World Humanitarian Day, Potato Day, Hot and Spicy Food Day, Root Beer Float Day,  and National Soft-Serve Ice Cream Day.

• Health and Wellness Resource of the Day: Personal, Mental, and Emotional Health Collection
• Sandwich of the Day: Book Sandwiches

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Orangutans
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ON THIS DATE

• 1692 - Four women and one man are executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.
• 1909 - The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is held.
• 1934 - The first Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
• 1934 - Adolf Hitler becomes the Fuhrer of Germany.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1631 - English poet and playwright John Dryden
• 1871 - Inventor an aviator Orville Wright
• 1883 - French fashion designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel
• 1902 - Poet Ogden Nash
• 1921 - Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry
• 1939 - Drummer Ginger Baker
• 1946 - 42nd President Bill Clinton

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Cool and the Gang - Jungle Boogie - LISTEN
• Cream - White Room - LISTEN
• Simon and Garfunkle - At the Zoo - LISTEN

THEME: ORANGUTANS

• Grades PreK-12 - San Diego Zoo - Live Ape Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Kansas City Zoo - Bornean Orangutans Live Cam - READ and VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Orangutan Approved (3:17) - VIEW
  
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Swinging with the Monkeys (10:32) - VIEW
  
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Camp TV - Baby Orangutan Aisha (1:30) - VIEW
• Grades 3-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Orangutan Forest (1:12) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Learning Media - Nature - Orangutans: Tool Use (5:10) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-8 - NHPBS Learning Media - Nature - Orangutans: Mother Knows Best (5:02) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - New Orangutan Species Filmed for First Time (3:00) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Orangutan Mom Helps Baby Swing Through Tree Tops (1:08) -VIEW
• Grades 6-10 - NHPBS Learning Media - Nature - Orangutans: Refugees (5:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-10 - NHPBS Learning Media - Nature - Observing Orangutans in the Wild (4:21) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Islands of Wonder - Indah the Orangutan and Her Treatment for Arthritis (2:47) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Orangutan Orphans Learn to Climb (3:09) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - Wild Florida - Saving the Great Apes (26:42) - VIEW

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