Big and Small Learning
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Today is National Olive Day, Dinosaur Day, Say Something Nice Day, National Pen Pal Day, World Milk Day, World Reef Awareness Day, and National Hazelnut Cake Day.
June is Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month; National Oceans Month; National Rivers Month; and National Caribbean-American Heritage Month
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Ocean/River Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Coral Reefs and Dinosaurs
ON THIS DATE
BIRTHDAYS
SONGS OF THE DAY
- Elton John - Candle in the Wind - LISTEN
- Marilyn Monroe - Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend - LISTEN
- Alanis Morissette - Ironic - LISTEN
OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Ocean Today - The Deep Ocean (2:12) - VIEW
THEME: Coral
- Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! - Coral Reef Camouflage (1:45) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Rosita Explores the Great Barrier Reef (3:21) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Splash and Bubbles - The Coral Reef Tour (2:18) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-2 - Splash and Bubbles - The Coral Music (1:51) - VIEW
- Grades K-12 - Coral City Live Cam - VIEW
- Grades K-8 - NHPBS Learning Media - Zoom - Coral Kid (2:21) - View
- Grades K-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Schoolyard Films - Coral Reef Rescue for K-8 (16:32) - VIEW
- Grade 2 - NHPBS VIdeo - Read, Write, Roar - The Coral Reef and Ghost Letters (26:45) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Plan semanal y Video: Arrecifes de Isla Verde seg. 1 (Spanish) (7:24) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Plan semanal y Video: Arrecifes de Isla Verde seg. 2 (Spanish) (9:09) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Plan semanal y Video: Arrecifes de Isla Verde seg. 3 (Spanish) (7:04) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Learning Media - The Coral Reef Ecosystem Lesson Plan - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Coral Kid (2:21) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 3-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Coral Reef Creature Count! (1:53) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - ROVs (6:10) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature Conservancy - What Animals Live in a Coral Reef? (2:56) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature Conservancy - Nature Works Everywhere - Coral Reefs: Feeding and Protecting Us (4:03) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - A Night in the Coral Reef (Available in Spanish) (2:49) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Jonathan Bird's Blue World - Coral Reefs (8:50) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - How Coral Grows (6:24) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Corals: The Birds and the Bees (4:35) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Life on the Reef - Coral Spawning (7:02) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Coral: What Does it Eat? (4:14) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Where are Coral Reefs Found? (1:40) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Flipside Science - Coral Reefs and Climate Change (6:04) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cuba: The Accidental Eden - Coral Reefs (Available in Spanish) (4:41) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Energy Flow in the Coral Reef System (Available in Spanish) (3:48) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Life on the Rocks (5:11) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Above the Noise - Is Your Sunscreen Hurting Coral Reefs? - (6:42) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Coral Reefs Are Dying. But They Don’t Have To (5:42) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - What are Corals? (2:09) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Samoa's Resilient Coral Reefs (26:53) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Changing Seas - Corals in Crisis (26:42) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Reef Rescue (53:21) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Scientists Breed a New Generation of "Super Corals" (4:45) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - Coral Reef Symbiosis (5:07) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Schoolyard Films - Coral Reef Rescue for High School (16:33) - VIEW
THEME: Dinosaurs
- Grades PreK-2 - Dinosaur Train WebSite - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Dinosaur Train Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - ScienceTrek - Dinosaur Basics (5:51) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - The Adaptations that Helped a Giant Dinosaur Eat (5:13) - VIEW and DO
- grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Studying Adaptations for Walking in Dinosaurs (5:48) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - GPS: Dinosaurs (8:04) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - Discussing Dinosaurs with a Paleontologist (5:42) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Birds Are Living Dinosaurs (5:24) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12- PBS LearningMedia - Eons - Inside the Dinosaur Library (7:18) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief (7:28) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Raptor That Made Us Rethink Dinosaurs (8:36) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Giant Dinosaur That Was Missing a Body (12:01) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - Was This Dinosaur a Cannibal? (10:37) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - When Dinosaurs Chilled in the Arctic (9:20) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - An Illustrated History of Dinosaurs (12:20) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Facts About Dinosaurs & Feathers (10:01) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - What Colors Were Dinosaurs? (5:02) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - What a Dinosaur Looks Like Under a Microscope (8:09) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - The Dinosaur On Your Thanksgiving Table (10:16) - VIEW
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.