Monkeys - December 14

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

Today is Monkey Day, Roast Chestnuts Day, and National Bouillabaisse Day.

Winter Resource of the Day: SciTech Now: The American Chestnut Tree

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

• 1799 - George Washington dies at age 67 at his Mount Vernon home.
• 1819 - Alabama becomes the 22nd  state. 
• 1911 -  Roald Amundsen's team becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
• 1940 - Plutonium is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
• 1962 - NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
• 1972 - Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon.
• 1981 - Israel annexes the Golan Heights.
• 1985 - Wilma Mankiller becomes the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
• 2012 - 20 children and six staff members were killed by a gunman at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1503 - French astronomer and prognosticator Nostradamus
• 1789 - Polish pianist and composer Maria Szymanowska
• 1897 - Politician Margaret Chase Smith
• 1911 - Bandleader Spike Jones
• 1919 - Writer Shirley Jackson
• 1949 - Baseball player Bill Buckner

SONGS OF THE DAY 

Lynyrd Skynyrd -  Sweet Home Alabama - LISTEN
The Monkees - Hey, Hey We're the Monkees - LISTEN
Spike Jones - Tchaikovsky Medley - LISTEN
Slawomir Dobrzanski Plays Maria Szymanowska's "Nocturne in B flat" -  LISTEN

THEME:  MONKEYS

• Grades PreK-12 - Bronx Zoo - Silver Lead Langurs Live Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - San Diego Zoo - Baboon Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Curious George - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Paws for a Minute - Golden Lion Tamarin (1:00) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - Wild Kratts - Swinging with the Monkeys (10:32) - VIEW
  
• Grades K-3 - Wild Kratts - Monkeys of the Mountains (1:34) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Wild Kratts - Proboscis Monkey (0:39)  - VIEW
• Grades K-3- Wild Kratts - Monkey Mayhem Game - DO
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Monkey Babysitter (4:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Going Baboony (1:21) - VIEW
• Grades 3-4- NHPBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Hanging with the Cotton Tops! - (2:28) VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - How Do Monkeys Safely Cross the Road? (3:14)  - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Meet the World's Smallest Monkey (2:19) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Learned Behavior and Culture in Thieving Macaque Monkeys (4:53) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Kingdoms of the Sky - Snub-nosed Monkeys Use Family to Stay Warm (1:19) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Tool-Using Macaques Could Drive Shellfish Extinct (2:32) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - What Do People And Monkeys Have In Common? (3:28) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Snow Monkey Nursery (4:03) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Snow Monkeys Grooming (2:30) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Snow Monkeys The Importance of Play (3:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - The Social Hierarchy of Snow Monkeys (2:25) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Learned Behavior in Capuchin Monkeys (4:55) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Human Spark - Monkey See, Monkey Take (2:28) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart -Why Are There Still Monkeys? (1:25) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Macaque Monkeys Adapt After Hurricane Maria (4:43) - VIEW

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ANCIENT INVISIBLE CITIES - Athens
Thursday, 12/14 from 3-4 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Uncover the hidden secrets of ancient Athens, the city that gave the world democracy. Professor Darius Arya uses the latest 3D scanning to reveal Athens' treasures, from the buildings on the Acropolis to the silver mines and quarries beyond the city. ANCIENT INVISIBLE CITIES Streaming Video

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AMERICA REFRAMED - Any Given Day
Thursday, 12/14 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
Filmmaker Margaret Byrne and three Chicagoans face the complexities of living with mental illness, providing deeply personal insight into the necessity of caring relationships, especially when life is at its most difficult. AMERICA REFRAMED Streaming Video

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