Iguanas and Star Trek - September 8
Day of the Iguana Learning
Thursday, September 8, 2022
- Today is Iguana Awareness Day, National Ampersand Day, World Physical Therapy Day, National Date Nut Bread Day, and Pardon Day.
- September is National Square Dancing Month, National Food Safety Education Month, Classical Music Month, Library Card Sign-up Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Save A Tiger Month, College Savings Month, and Be Kind To Editors & Writers Month.
- Daily Hispanic Heritage Resource of the Day: The Hispanic Heritage Awards: Bad Bunny
- Classical Music Resource of the Day: Classical Rewind
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Iguanas and Star Trek
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ON THIS DATE
- 1504 - Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence
- 1565 - A Spanish expedition establishes the first permanent European settlement in what is now the U.S. at St. Augustine, Florida.
- 1664 - The Dutch surrender New Amsterdam to the British, who rename it New York.
- 1900 - Galveston, Texas is struck by a hurricane that kills 6,000.
- 1966 - Beam me up Scottie - the TV series "Star Trek" premieres on NBC.
- 1974 - President Ford pardons President Nixon.
- 1849 - Composer Antonín Dvorák
- 1863 - English writer W.W. Jacobs, best known for his short story, "The Monkey's Paw."
- 1868 - Mandolin player and composer Seth Weeks
- 1897 - Singer-songwriter Jimmie Rodgers
- 1922 - Actor and comedian Sid Caesar
- 1924 - Writer and Manchester, NH native Grace Metalious
- 1927 - Actor Peter Sellers
- 1932 - Musician Patsy Cline
- 1940 - Poet Jack Prelutsky
- 1941 - Politician Bernie Sanders
- 1954 - Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges
- 1979 - Singer-songwriter Pink
- Antonín Dvorák - Seranade for Strings in E Major- LISTEN
- Seth Weeks - Polka Caprice - LISTEN
- Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel No. 1 - LISTEN
- Patsy Cline - Crazy - LISTEN
- Pink - Me & Bobby McGee - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Iguana - Elmo the Musical (7:24) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Pet Show and Tell: Iguana (1:13) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Cat in the Hat - Ignacio the Iguana (1:50) - VIEW
- Grades 1-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Flight of the Draco Collection - VIEW and DO
- Grades 2-5 - San Diego Zoo - Iguana - READ and LISTEN
- Grades 3-12 - National Zoo - Grand Cayman Blue Iguana - READ
- Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Math Mess - Clash of the Iguanas: Calculating Rates of Change (1:06) -VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Big Pacific - Galapagos Marine Iguanas (3:28) - VIEW
THEME: STAR TREK
- GradesPreK-1 - Sesame Street - Spaceship Surprise Next Generation (3:36) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Make It So Number One! (2:07) - VIEW
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - STEM in 30 - Star Trek at 50 - Science Fiction of Science Fact (28:30) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Shanks FX - Strat Trek Transporter Effect (2:37) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS NewsHour - Star Trek - VIEW and READ
- Grades 6-12- Pioneers of Television - How Well Do You Know Star Trek Quiz - DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Star Trek Script and Treatment c. 1964 (3:57) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Metrofocus - Star Trek Realities at NYU (5:07) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Nichelle Nichols, Actress and NASA Recruiter (3:56) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Religion and Ethics Newsweekly - Spock, Spirituality, and Star Trek (6:31) -VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS Spacetime -Is The Alcubierre Warp Drive Possible? (7:21) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Remembering Leonard Nimoy (58:13) - VIEW
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GENERATION 9/11
Thursday, 9/8 from 3-5 pm NH WORLD
Follow seven young people whose fathers died on 9/11. When they were born, the nation was drawn together. Twenty years later, in a divided America, they enter adulthood with a sense of responsibility that stems from their own personal tragedy. GENERATION 9/11 Streaming Video
AMERICA REFRAMED - Any Given Day
Thursday, 9/8 from 8-9:30 pm NH WORLD
In Chicago's Cook County, people living with mental health have an option to participate in a mental health court program over jail time. One of those individuals is Daniel who is hoping to thrive with the support and resources of the program and its judge...but there is also much work to be done. AMERICA REFRAMED Streaming Video
HEMINGWAY - The Avatar (1929-1944)
Thursday, 9/8 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Hemingway, having achieved a level of fame rarely seen in the literary world, settles in Key West with Pauline Pfeiffer but can't stay put for long. He reports on the Spanish Civil War and begins a tempestuous romance with Martha Gellhorn. HEMINGWAY Streaming Video
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