Cookies and Cheetahs - December 4

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Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Today is Cookie Day, Sock Day, Wildlife Conservation Day, Cheetah Day, Dice Day, Santa's List Day, Walt Disney Day, and Wear Brown Shoes Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Cookies and Cheetahs

ON THIS DATE

• 1945 - The Senate approved U.S. participation in the United Nations.
• 1980 Led Zeppelin announces it is disbanding following the death of drummer John Bonham.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1585 - Puritan leader John Cotton
• 1849 - Native American leader Crazy Horse
• 1866 - Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky
• 1892 - Spanish dictator Francisco Franco

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song - LISTEN
• The Cheetah Girls - Cheetah Sisters - LISTEN
  

THEME: Cookies

• Grades PreK-1 -  Sesame Street - Sesame Street - C is for Cookie  Song (1:38) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 -  Sesame Street - Sesame Street - 12 Days of Christmas Cookies (4:11) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street -  Cookie Monster Thinks the Moon is a Cookie - (54:53) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cookie Monster Songs Collection - VIEW
• Grades K-4 (with adult) - NHPBS Video - Full-Time Kid - Easy No Bake Cookies (2:39) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-4 (with adult) - NHPBS Video - Full-Time Kid - How to Make Mini Dessert Pizzas (2:36) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Cooking Cookies with Solar Power (3:12) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia -TV411 - What's in that Box of Cookies, Anyway? (4:14) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - How to Cookie with Science (4:02) - VIEW 

THEME: CHEETAHS

• Grades K-12 - Pittsburgh Zoo - Live Cheetah Cam - VIEW
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Cheetah Velocity (1:50) - VIEW
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Amazing Cheetahs (0:57) - VIEW
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Cheetah Reaching Cheetah Speed (2:15) - VIEW
• Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Cheetahs (9:17) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Scientist Profiles - Cheetah Conservationist (Available in Spanish) (3:05) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - You At the Zoo - Survival on the Savanah (Available in Spanish) (4:35) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cheetahs and Pronghorns - Coevolution (1:55) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Unlikely Friends (6:14) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Cheetah Cam Captures Chase Through the Bush (3:07) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Cheetah Mom Teachers Her Cubs To Hunt (2:09) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Cameraman Discovers Baby Cheetahs (2:41) - VIEW

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