Earthquakes - August 31

Shake Up Your Learning

Saturday, August 31, 2024

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

• 1886 - A 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes the Charleston, South Carolina area.
• 1888 - Jack the Ripper's first victim, Mary Ann Nichols, is murdered.
• 1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car crash in Paris.

BIRTHDAYS

• 12 - Roman emperor Caligula
• 1852 - Engish economist John Neville Keynes
• 1870 - Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori
• 1908 - Writer William Saroyan
• 1918 - Songwriter and composer Alan Jay Lerner
• 1945 - Musician Van Morrison
• 1945 - Violinist Itzhak Perlman  - Sesame Street - Easy and Hard
• 1949 - Actor Richard Gere

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Van Morrison - Brown-eyed Girl - LISTEN
• Carole King - I Feel the Earth Move - LISTEN
• Bill Hailey and the Comets - Shake Rattle and Roll - LISTEN
• The Cars - Shake It Up - LISTEN
• Elvis Presley - All Shook Up - LISTEN
• Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On - LISTEN
• The Beatles - Twist and Shout - LISTEN

THEME: EARTHQUAKES

• Grades K-4 - Ready Jet Go!  - Learning About Earthquakes (2:14) - VIEW
• Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Earthquakes (Available in Spanish) (7:16)  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - USGS - Latest Earthquakes - TRACK
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragnflyTV - Scientist Profile: Earthquake Scientist (Available in Spanish) (1:40) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Forecasting Earthquakes (3:39) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - The Difficulty of Predicting Earthquakes (2:56)  - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Explaining Earthquakes (4:26)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Megathrust Earthquakes (10:49) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: San Francisco (3:28) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: Los Angeles (5:13) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: The Prehistoric Records (3:19) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Deadliest Earthquakes (53:05) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: The Seismograph (3:39) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: When Plates Collide (Available in Spanish) (3:02) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Predicting Earthquakes (4:20) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - USGS - The 1886 Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake: A 1986 Perspective - READ

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