Friday the 13th and Sharks - May 13

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Friday, May 13, 2022

Today is Friday the 13th,  Fintastic Friday: Giving Sharks A Voice, Blame Someone Else Day, National Apple Pie Day, National Fruit Cocktail Day, and, National Leprechaun Day.

May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Friday the 13th and Sharks

ON THIS DATE

• 1846 - The US declares war on Mexico.
• 1862 - Robert Smalls and a crew of fellow slaves commandeer the cotton steamer the USS Planter and navigate it through Confederate lines to Union forces and freedom.
• 1954 - The Pajama Game opens on Broadway.
• 1985 - Police bomb MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia, killing six adults and five children, and destroying 250 homes.
• 1989 -  Students stage a hunger strike and occupy Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1882 - French artist Georges Braque
• 1883 - Pathologist and inventor of the Pap  smear Georgios Papanikolaou
• 1907 - English author Daphne du Maurier
• 1914 - Boxer Joe Louis
• 1922 - Actor Bea Arthur
• 1941 - Singer-songwriter Ritchie Valens
• 1944 - Author Armistead Maupin
• 1950 - Singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder
• 1964 - Talk show host Stephen Colbert

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Ritchie Valens - La Bamba - LISTEN
• Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour - LISTEN
  
• Stevie Wonder - Superstition - LISTEN
• The Pajama Game - Steam Heat - LISTEN

THEME:  Friday the 13th

• Grades PreK-1 - Peg + Cat - Friday the 13th (1:19)  - VIEW
  
• Grades 5-12 - PBS NewsHour - It's Friday the 13th - READ

THEME:  Sharks

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cookie Shark (2:17) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Studios - Marvie Learns about Sharks  (2:56) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Splash and Bubbles - Great White Shark  (1:56) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Splash and Bubbles - Get Your Feet Wet: Whale Shark  (1:30) - VIEW
  
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia- Camp TV - Sharks (7:55) - VIEW
• Grades K-12 - Monterey Bay Aquarium - Shark Cam - VIEW
• Grades 1-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - The Tiger Shark  (3;03) - VIEW
• Grades 1-5 - Wild Kratts - Stuck on Sharks (26:48) - VIEW
  
• Grades 1-5 - Wild Kratts - Sharks - Predator and Prey (21:34) - VIEW
• Grades 1-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Stuck on Sharks Clips - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia- Dragonfly TV - Scientist Profile: Shark Scientist (Available in Spanish) (2:39) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Chondrichthyes - Rays, Sharks, Skates, Chimaeras - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - NOAA - Researching Great White Sharks (1:26) - VIEW
• Grades 5-10 - NHPBS LearningMedia - EARTH: A New Wild - Sharks & Shorelines (Available in Spanish)  (3:56) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NOAA - Shark Conservation - READ
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Shark Biology (10:05) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Mysterious Hammerhead (9:29) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Shark and the Lamprey (11:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Shark and the Whale  (9:07) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Blue Shark Adventure (9:41) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Shark with the Tall Tail (9:39) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS Video - Autumn Watch New England - Great White Sharks (4:19) - VIEW
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS Video - Magical Land of Oz - Dusky Sharks Congregate to Feed (2:59) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ocean Today - Endangered Sharks  (2:15) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - QUEST- Whale Sharks (3:15) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - QUEST- The Great White Shark  (1:26) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - The Secret World of Sharks and Rays: Shark and Turtle  (2:41) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - The Secret World of Sharks and Rays: Shark in Our Future (1:41) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Collapse of Sharks  (3:05) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Shark Tagging (7:30) - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Sharks of Hawaii (53:27) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - Why Megalodon (Definitely) Went Extinct (10:45) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Gross Science - Why Most Sand Tiger Sharks Die in the Womb (2:23) - VIEW 

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