Learning Potpourri
Saturday, August 13, 2022
- Today is Celebrate Your Lakes Day, National Bowling Day, International Lefthander's Day, and National Prosecco Day.
- August is National Wellness Month, National Sandwich Month, National Golf Month, National Water Quality Month, Black Business Month, International Pirate Month, and National Crayon Collection Month
- Health and Wellness Resource of the Day: Sesame Street: Hurray for Broccoli Song
- Sandwich of the Day: Soul Food Sandwich by Chef Gerald Klass
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Deer, Lakes, and Lucy Stone
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ON THIS DATE
BIRTHDAYS
SONGS OF THE DAY
- Annie Get Your Gun - Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better- LISTEN
- Dan Fogelberg - Leader of the Band - LISTEN
- Kathleen Battle - Rossini: Una voce poco fa - LISTEN
THEME: DEER
- Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Deer Power (2:10) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Not All Deer Are Reindeer (1:04) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal, Junior - Cervidae - Deer, Elk, Moose - READ
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal, Junior - White-tails in Winter (7:43) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Mule Deer Migration (2:52) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Living with Mule Deer (4:24) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - RARE: How Humans Impact the Key Deer Population (3:37) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - When Giant Deer Roamed Eurasia (6:53) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Georgia Outdoors - Oh Deer! (26:57) - VIEW
THEME: LAKES
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Spot On Science - Lake Effect Snow (1:58) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Lakes - READ
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Tapping the Great Lakes (26:46) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - USGS - Water Science School - Lakes and Reservoirs - READ
- Grades 5-12 - NH Department of Environmental Service - NH River and Lakes - READ
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Great Lakes Now: An Exploration of the Great Lakes Collection - VIEW and DO
THEME: LUCY STONE
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Know Ohio - Lucy Stone and Oberlin College (3:17) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - American Experience - The Vote - The Early Suffragists (1:29) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - National Women's History Museum - Lucy Stone - READ
- Grades 6-12 - WGBH - History At Play - I Now Pronounce You Lucy Stone (48:41) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - National Park Service - Women's Rights National Historical Park - Luy Stone - READ
Watch
WONDERS OF MEXICO - Mountain Worlds
Saturday, 8/13 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Mexico is a vast country, dominated by a great chain of mountains, the Sierra Madre. Journey down this rocky spine and you'll discover an amazing diversity of life and culture. WONDERS OF MEXICO Streaming Video
P.O.V. - Two Towns of Jasper
Saturday, 8/13 from 9-10:30 pm NH WORLD
After the brutal murder of African-American James Byrd, Jr. by three white supremacists in Jasper, Texas, friends Whitney Dow, who is white, and Marco Williams, who is black, made a film about their town. P.O.V Streaming Video
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.