Soil - December 5
Down and Dirty Learning
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Today is Day of the Ninja, International Volunteer Day, National Blue Jean Day, Communicate With Your Kids Day, and World Soil Day.
Winter Resource of the Day: Sesame Street Worm Winter Games
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Soil
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ON THIS DATE
- 1933 - Prohibition ends when Utah becomes the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment.
- 1782 - President Martin Van Buren
- 1822 - Naturalist Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz
- 1830 - Poet Christina Rossetti
- 1839 - Calvary officer George Armstrong Custer
- 1890 - Austrian film producer and director Fritz Lang
- 1901 - Movie producer Walt Disney
Peter Gabriel - Digging in the Dirt - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sid the Science Kid -The Dirt on Dirt (3:11) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-4 with Adult - Make Edible Dirt Cups (1:06) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-8 - PBS LearningMedia - 60 Second Science - Soil Makers (1:06) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia -What is Soil? (Available in Spanish) (2:19) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Cyberchase - Soil Investigation (4:18) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Saving Worms and Making Dirt (2:28) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature Cat - Mud Love (12:05) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Soil Collection (3:29) - VIEW
- Grades 2-5 - NHPBS Video - Steve Trash Science - The Dirty Truth About Dirt (26:46) - VIEW
- Grades 3-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Think Garden - Soil Composition (Available in Spanish) (2:26) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Nature Conservancy - How Dirt Works (4:27) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Why Soil Matters (1:41) - VIEW
- Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia - The Forest & The Soil Cycle (Available in Spanish) (5:30) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Soil Microbes and Climate Change (3:55) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Making North America: The Ingredients for Soil (2:46) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Healthy Soil Systems (1:10) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Habitat Earth - The Living Soil Beneath Our Feet (2:49) - VIEW and DO
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THE JEWISH JOURNEY: AMERICA
Tuesday, 12/05 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
The three-part story of I) Jewish life in the old country, II) the reasons behind leaving their respective homes and journeying to the US and III) both the establishment of communities and the great accomplishments made in the US. THE JEWISH JOURNEY Streaming Video
FRONTLINE - Inside the Uvalde Response
Tuesday, 12/05 from 10-11 pm NHPBS WORLD
Drawing on real-time, firsthand accounts and using official bodycam and audio, FRONTLINE, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reconstruct the chaotic response to the Uvalde school shooting and examine the missteps. The documentary delves into the lessons learned and the lingering trauma of that day. FRONTLINE Streaming Video
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POV - Delikado
Tuesday, 12/05 from 1:30-3 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
In a rehabilitation shelter in Ghana, two children are recovering from enslavement to fishermen. But their story takes an unexpected turn when their rescuer embarks on another mission and asks the children for help. POV Streaming Video
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NOVA - Great Mammoth Mystery
Tuesday, 12/05 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Join Sir David Attenborough on a unique excavation of a site in southwest England with rare traces of ancient mammoths and Neanderthals. NOVA Streaming Video
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Seacoast Science Center in Odiorne Point State Park
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Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
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