Orangutans and Potatoes - August 19

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Friday, August 19, 2022

• Today is National Aviation Day, International Bow Day, World Orangutan Day, World Photography Day, World Humanitarian Day, Potato Day, and National Soft-Serve Ice Cream 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: Personal, Mental, and Emotional Health Collection
  
  
• Sandwich of the Day: Book Sandwiches

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Orangutans
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ON THIS DATE

• 1692 - Four women and one man are executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.
• 1909 - The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is held.
• 1934 - The first Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
• 1934 - Adolf Hitler becomes the Fuhrer of Germany.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1631 - English poet and playwright John Dryden
• 1871 - Inventor an aviator Orville Wright
• 1883 - French fashion designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel
• 1902 - Poet Ogden Nash
• 1921 - Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry
• 1939 - Drummer Ginger Baker
• 1946 - 42nd President Bill Clinton

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Cool and the Gang - Jungle Boogie - LISTEN
• Cream - White Room - LISTEN
• Simon and Garfunkle - At the Zoo - LISTEN

THEME: ORANGUTANS

• Grades PreK-12 - San Diego Zoo - Live Ape Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Kansas City Zoo - Bornean Orangutans Live Cam - READ and VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Orangutan Approved (3:17) - VIEW
  
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Swinging with the Monkeys (10:32) - VIEW
  
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Camp TV - Baby Orangutan Aisha (1:30) - VIEW
• Grades 3-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Orangutan Forest (1:12) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Learning Media - Nature - Orangutans: Tool Use (5:10) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-8 - NHPBS Learning Media - Nature - Orangutans: Mother Knows Best (5:02) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - New Orangutan Species Filmed for First Time (3:00) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Orangutan Mom Helps Baby Swing Through Tree Tops (1:08) -VIEW
• Grades 6-10 - NHPBS Learning Media - Nature - Orangutans: Refugees (5:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-10 - NHPBS Learning Media - Nature - Observing Orangutans in the Wild (4:21) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Islands of Wonder - Indah the Orangutan and Her Treatment for Arthritis (2:47) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Orangutan Orphans Learn to Climb (3:09) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - Wild Florida - Saving the Great Apes (26:42) - VIEW

THEME: POTATOES

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - South Potato (2:19) - VIEW 
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - One Potato (2:58) - VIEW 
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Crafts for Kids - Make a Potato Print ((2:55) -VIEW
• Grades 1-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Odd Squad - The Potato Ultimato (11:10)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Botany of Desire - Organic Farming of  Potatoes (3:22) -VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - America's Heartland - 

  Family Sweet-Potato Farm  (4:22) - VIEW and DO

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• GREAT YELLOWSTONE THAW- Episode One
  Friday, 8/19 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
  Surviving winter can be tough for the wildlife of Yellowstone, and will this year’s weather favor predator or prey? Will the grizzlies that emerge early survive, and why are the wolves and Great Gray Owls in danger of starvation? Plus find out how Yellowstone’s unique geology affects the mighty bison.  GREAT YELLOWSTONE THAW Streaming Video
  
  
• GREAT YELLOWSTONE THAW- Episode Two
  Friday, 8/19 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
  Spring in Yellowstone brings new life and a break from the brutal temperatures of winter, but the dangers aren’t over. The wildlife families now face a torrent of water cascading down the mountains as the Great Thaw gets underway, and the beavers are in particular danger. GREAT YELLOWSTONE THAW Streaming Video
  
  
• GREAT YELLOWSTONE THAW- Episode Three
  Friday, 8/19 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
  It's summer in Yellowstone and with soaring temperatures comes the risk of wildfires that could devastate the ecosystem. When a major fire breaks out in the Beartooths, a team is scrambled to see if the Great Gray Owl family has survived. And how is one particular wolf pack feeding its 11 pups?   GREAT YELLOWSTONE THAW Streaming Video

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