The Heart, Koalas, Rivers, and Turtles - September 29

Two Chambered Learning on a Half Shell and In a Tree

Sunday, September 29, 2024

Today is Biscotti Day, Coffee Day, Gold Star Mother's Day, Inventors Day, World Heart Day, World Rivers Day, Confucius Day, Broadway Musicals Day, and Mutation Day (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  The Heart, Koalas, Rivers, and Turtles

ON THIS DATE

• 1789 - The United States Department of War establishes a regular army of several hundred men.
• 1907 - The cornerstone is laid at the  Washington National Cathedral.
• 1990 - Construction of the Washington National Cathedral is completed.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1758 - English admiral Horatio Nelson
• 1901 - Physicist Enrico Fermi
• 1923 - Author and illustrator Stan Berenstain
• 1935 - Singer Jerry Lee Lewis
• 1943 - Polish electrician and politician Lech Walesa
• 1955 - Journalist Gwen Ifill

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - LISTEN
• Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On - LISTEN
• Heart - Barracuda - LISTEN
• Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty -  Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - LISTEN
  
• The Turtles - Happy Together - LISTEN
  
• Joni Mitchell - River - LISTEN
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary - LISTEN
• Talking Heads - Take Me To The River - LISTEN
• Down By the River - Neil Young - LISTEN
• River of Dreams - Billy Joel - LISTEN
• Blue Danube Waltz - Johann Straus II - LISTEN
• Moon River - Andy Williams - LISTEN
• I Am a River - Foo Fighters - LISTEN
• The River - Bruce Springsteen - LISTEN
• Cry Me a River - Julie London - LISTEN
• Dirty Water - The Standells - LISTEN
• Paul Robeson - Showboat - Old Man River -LISTEN

THEME: THE HEART

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - My Cute Little Heart Beat (2:30) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Young Explorers - Get Up & Go Play!: Jump Rope for Heart (1:42) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-8  - PBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Drinking Straw Pulse Measurer - DO
• Grades 1-6 - NHPBS Video - WCNY TV Classroom - Health and Wellness 104 - Healthy Heart Activities (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades 3-6 - NHPBS Video - Science Trek - Heart Basics (4:48) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS Video - NUTV Learning Live - The Heart: Comparing Heart Rates - Corey Earley (54:44) - VIEW
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia - SciGirls - Heart to Heart (Available in Spanish) - DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - New Hope for Heart Repair (6:02) - VIEW
  
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia  - Dissection 101 -  Detailed Sheep Heart Dissection Part 1 (4:53) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia  - Dissection 101 -  Detailed Sheep Heart Dissection  Part 2 (14:06) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Evolution of the Heart (A Love Story) (9:00) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Heart Health (1:03:09) - VIEW

THEME: TURTLES

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - T is for Turtle (1:46) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - I Get There (2:02) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Nature Cat - Baby Sea Turtles (3:46) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Nature Cat - Celia the Sea Turtle (3:43) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Splash and Bubble - Get Your Feet Wet - Baby Sea Turtles (1:30) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - NHPBS - Up Close and Natural Instructional Video - Turtles (14:25) -VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Seeing Sea Turtles (2:36) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Boxed In (2:55) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Turtle Research (5:04) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS Learningmedia - DragonflyTV - Sea Turtles (7:32) - VIEW
• Grades 4-10 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Kemps Ridley Sea Turtle (5:25) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Turtles (26:46) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - How the Tuttle Got Its Shell (8:28) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale (55:13) - VIEW

THEME:  KOALAS

• Grades PreK-2 - The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That - Koala Pouches (1:04) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - San Diego Zoo - Koala Cam - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Koala Balloon (26:26) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Phascolarctidae - Koalas - READ
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - The Wild Suburban Koala (8:53) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - How to be an Alpha Male Koala (Available in Spanish)(6:05) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - The Koala Diet (Available in Spanish) (2:33) - READ, VIEW, DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Male Koalas Battle over a Female (2:53) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Gross Science - 5 Gross Facts About Koalas (3:20) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Australia's Effort to Revert Koala Extinction (11:07) - VIEW

THEME:  RIVERS

• Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia - Between the Lions - River Story (8:03) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia - Peep and the Big Wide World - Making Rivers (1:03) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-3 - Dinosaur Train - River Run Game - DO
• Grades PreK-3 - Storyline - The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister, Read by Ernest Borgnine - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature Cat - Stream and Shout (12:05) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Rivers (9:02) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-6 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Rivers and Streams - READ
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Wonders of the Watershed (6:12) - VIEW

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