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Monday, April 12, 2021
Today is Big Wind Day, International Day of Human Space Flight, Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day, National Licorice Day, Beginning of Ramadan.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: WIND
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ON THIS DATE
- 1861 - Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, beginning the Civil war.
- 1934 - The strongest surface wind gust in the world, 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washinton. The record is now a 253 mph wind gust recorded on Barrow Island, Australia during Tropical Cyclone Olivia on April 10, 1996.
- 1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office.
- 1961 - Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space.
- 1981 - The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place
BIRTHDAYS
SONGS OF THE DAY
Jimi Hendrix The Wind Cries Mary - LISTEN
Kansas - Dust in the Wind - LISTEN
Bob Dylan - Blowin' In the Wind - LISTEN
POEMS OF THE DAY
Robert Frost - To the Thawing Wind
William Shakespeare - Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
Gary Soto - Evening On the Lawn
THEME: WIND
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Listen to the Wind Blow - VIEW
- Grades K-2 - Sid the Science Kid - What is Wind - VIEW
- Grades 1-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Cyberchase - Wind Power Experiment - VIEW
- Grades 4-8 - NHPBS Video - SciGirls - Blowin' in the Wind - VIEW
- Grades 3-12 - National Weather Service - Beaufort Wind Scale - READ
- Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Cyberchase - Measuring Wind Speed - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Wind Power - VIEW and DO
THEME: Beverly Cleary
- grades K-12 - ReadWriteThink - Today is D.E.A.R. Day - READ and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Discovering Beverly Cleary - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS NewsHour - Beloved Children's Author Beverly Cleary Dies at 104 - READ
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More Learning Resources
Looking for some super cool crafts to do with your kids? Or maybe you need some expert parenting resources to help raise your child? You can find it all right here:
NHPBS and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for educators. You can also create your own lessons and assignments to meet the needs of your students.
Searchable online video courses and interactives across the curriculum and grade levels in areas like chemistry, literature, music, the visual arts, social studies, world languages storytelling, spelling and lots more.
Everyday Scholastic will feature four learning experiences, built around a story or video.
A series of imaginatively produced videos featuring celebrated actors reading children's books.
Local Learning Resources
The best of NH learning resources from around the state.
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Cheshire County Historical Society
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New Hampshire Public Radio:
- Civics 101 - Tons of great (and free!) audio, activities, resources, and lessons to help you stay engaged with civics.
- Ask Sam - Ask Sam features Outside/In host Sam Evans-Brown answering listener questions about the mysteries and quirks of the natural world.
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Seacoast Science Center in Odiorne Point State Park
- Learning Connection - Even though their doors are closed, we’re still here to connect you to the inspirational powers of nature and engage you in learning.
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Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
- A resource to keep you connected to nature - Enjoy nature at home with these online learning experiences brought to you by the Science Center’s Naturalists.
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Strawbery Banke Museum
- Online Learning - Virtual Tours, the Virtual Classroom, artifacts of the week, featured items from the Collections, Horticulture Learning Center materials, and more.
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Tiger Takes On
PBS Kids for Teachers/Caregivers/Parents
- PBS for Parents
A guide of PBS resources targeted for parents teaching kids, features a great activity finder
- PBS Education
The greatest teachers ignite a love of learning and a sense of possibility that motivates students to reach their full potential.
- PBS Teachers' Lounge
This site has great teaching tips, ideas, resources and support for teachers.
- PBS KIDS Games app
Offers nearly 200 educational games, which can be downloaded for offline play anytime, anywhere.