Moving Along Learning
Saturday, October 8, 2022
Today is National Children's Day, International Lesbian Day, National Salmon Day, National Perogi Day, National Salmon Day, World Octopus Day, World Migratory Bird Day, and National Fluffernutter Day.
October is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month, Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Dyslexia Awareness Month, Health Literacy Month, Pizza Month, National Dessert Month, National AIDS Awareness Month, Country Music Month, LGBT History Month, Bat Appreciation Month, World Animal Month, Bullying Prevention Month, and Raptor Month.
Animal Cam of the Day: Oregon State University Octo Cam
Dessert of the Day: Pumpkin Spice Chewy Snickerdoodles
LGBT History Resource of the Day: The Pursuit: 50 Years in the Fight for LGBT Rights
On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Octopi and Migratory Birds
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ON THIS DATE
- 1869 - Former president Franklin Pierce dies in Concord, N.H.
- 1871 - The Great Chicago Fire begins.
1956 - New York Yankees' Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series. Beating the Brooklyn Dodgers by a score of 2-0 in game five.
- 2001 - President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
- 2003 - Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected governor of California.
BIRTHDAYS
SONG OF THE DAY
- Bruno Mars - Don't Give Up - LISTEN
- The Beatles - Octopus's Garden - LISTEN
THEME: Octopi
- Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - The Heaviest Catch (2:49) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - The Cat in the Hat - Coral Reef Camouflage (1:45) - VIEW
- Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Octopus Power! (1:33) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Octo Explorer (1:51) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - All Tangled Up (2:11) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Scientist Profile: Octopus Trainer (2:09) - VIEW
- Grades 4-5 - NHPBS NatureWorks - Squid and Octopus - READ
- Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NOAA - Octopus Moving Along the Ocean Floor (1:34) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Big Pacific: Mysterious (53:36) -VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - The Fierce Humboldt Squid (10:02) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Shape of Life - Molluscs: Octopus Camouflage (2:13) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Shape of Life - Molluscs: Blue-Ringed Octopus Warning Coloration (0:59) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - My Date with a Giant Pacific Octopus (3:07) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Octopus: Making Contact (53:14)) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12- NHPBS Video - Nature - Octopus Dreaming (1:48) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12- NHPBS Video - Nature - Can a Teenager Befriend an Octopus (1:57) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12- NHPBS Video - Nature - An Octopus' Coconut Home (2:29) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - If Your Hands Could Smell, You’d Be an Octopus (3:12) -VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - SciTech Now - Living Like an Octopus (5:27) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Biology - Simple Animals: Sponges, Jellies, & Octopuses (11:30) - VIEW
THEME: BIRD MIGRATION
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - It's a Habitat Song with Lin-Manuel Miranda (1:10) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - PBS Kids - Hibernate - Migrate Song (1:02) - VIEW
- Grades K-12 - Mississippi River Flyway Cam -VIEW
- Grades K-4 - Plum Landing - Migration Challenge - DO
- Grades K-3 - Ready Jet Go! - Bird Migration (2:52) - VIEW
- Grades K-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Bird Migration (5:04) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-8 - NHPBS - NatureWorks - Migration - READ and DO
- Grades 4-8 - NHPBS - NatureWorks - Migration (14:46) - VIEW
- Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia -Nature - Earth Navigators: Arctic Summer (Available in Spanish) (2:52) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature- Extraordinary Birds: Little Brain, Big Journey
(Available in Spanish) (2:41) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Habitat Earth - Why Do Birds Migrate? (1:00) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Now - The Great Migration (8:59) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Quest - The Great Migration (10:17) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Untamed - Bird Migration (25:58) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Flight Path: The World of Migratory Birds (56:45) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Journey of the Broad-Winged Hawk (59:00) - VIEW
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RICK STEVES ART OF EUROPE - Ancient Rome
Saturday, 10/8 from 9-10 am NHPBS
The Romans gave Europe its first taste of a common culture-and awe-inspiring art. From its groundbreaking architecture to its statues, mosaics, and frescos, Rome engineered bigger and better than anyone before. At its peak, the Roman Empire was a society of unprecedented luxury, with colossal arenas for entertaining the masses and giant monuments to egotistical emperors. And then it fell.
NHPBS EXPLORE - 11.2 Comcast (801) More Options
SCIGIRLS - Horsing Around
Saturday, 10/8 from 7:30-8 am NHPBS EXPLORE
SciGirl Zoe and her friends pony up some science to select the best horse for a riding competition. SciGirls Streaming Video in English and Spanish
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS - Japanese Breakfast/Arlo Parks
Saturday, 10/8 from 11 pm - 12 am NHPBS EXPLORE
ACL spotlights a pair of 2022 Grammy Best New Artist nominees: Japanese Breakfast, featuring acclaimed indie singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner, perform songs from their breakthrough Jubilee; sharing the hour with 21-year-old British singer-songwriter Arlo Parks in a soaring set filled with numbers from her Mercury Prize-winning Collapsed in Sunbeams. AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Streaming Video
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P.O.V. - The Songs of the Butterflies
Saturday, 10/8 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Indigenous painter Rember Yahuarcani pursues a successful career in Lima, but when he finds himself in a creative rut, he returns home to his Amazonian community and discovers why his ancestors' stories cannot be forgotten. 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.