Iguanas and Star Trek - September 8

Day of the Iguana Learning

Sunday, September 8, 2024

Today is Iguana Awareness Day, Star Trek Day, Literacy Day, National Ampersand Day, National Actors' Day, Grandparent's Day, Date Nut Bread Day, and Hug Your Hound Day.

• Daily Hispanic Heritage Month Resource of the Day: The Hispanic Heritage Awards: Bad Bunny
• Classical Music Month Resource of the Day: Classical Rewind

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Iguanas and Star Trek

ON THIS DATE

• 1504 - Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence
• 1565 - A Spanish expedition establishes the first permanent European settlement in what is now the U.S. at  St. Augustine, Florida.
• 1664 - The Dutch surrender New Amsterdam to the British, who rename it New York. 
• 1900 - Galveston, Texas is struck by a hurricane that kills 6,000.
• 1966 - Beam me up Scottie -  the TV series "Star Trek" premieres on NBC.
• 1974 - President Ford pardons President Nixon.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1849 - Composer Antonín Dvorák
• 1863 - English writer W.W. Jacobs, best known for his short story, "The Monkey's Paw."
• 1868 - Mandolin player and composer Seth Weeks
• 1897 - Singer-songwriter Jimmie Rodgers
• 1922 - Actor and comedian Sid Caesar
• 1924 - Writer and Manchester, NH native Grace Metalious
• 1927 - Actor  Peter Sellers
• 1932 - Musician Patsy Cline
• 1940 - Poet Jack Prelutsky
• 1941 - Politician Bernie Sanders
• 1954 - Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges
• 1979 - Singer-songwriter Pink

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Antonín Dvorák - Seranade for Strings in E Major- LISTEN
• Seth Weeks - Polka Caprice - LISTEN
• Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel No. 1 - LISTEN
• Patsy Cline - Crazy  - LISTEN
• Pink - Me & Bobby McGee - LISTEN

THEME:  IGUANAS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Iguana - Elmo the Musical (7:24) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Pet Show and Tell: Iguana (1:13) - VIEW 
• Grades PreK-2 - Cat in the Hat - Ignacio the Iguana (1:50) - VIEW
• Grades 1-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Flight of the Draco Collection - VIEW and DO 
• Grades 2-5 - San Diego Zoo - Iguana - READ and LISTEN
• Grades 3-12 - National Zoo - Grand Cayman Blue Iguana - READ
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Math Mess - Clash of the Iguanas: Calculating Rates of Change (1:06) -VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Big Pacific - Galapagos Marine Iguanas (3:28) - VIEW

THEME:  STAR TREK

• GradesPreK-1 - Sesame Street - Spaceship Surprise Next Generation (3:36) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Make It So Number One! (2:07) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - STEM in 30 - Star Trek at 50 - Science Fiction of Science Fact (28:30) - VIEW 
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Shanks FX - Strat Trek Transporter Effect (2:37) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS NewsHour - Star Trek - VIEW and READ
• Grades 6-12- Pioneers of Television - How Well Do You Know Star Trek Quiz - DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Star Trek Script and Treatment c. 1964 (3:57) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Metrofocus - Star Trek Realities at NYU (5:07) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Nichelle Nichols, Actress and NASA Recruiter (3:56) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Religion and Ethics Newsweekly - Spock, Spirituality, and Star Trek (6:31) -VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS Spacetime -Is The Alcubierre Warp Drive Possible? (7:21) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Remembering Leonard Nimoy (58:13) - VIEW

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