Puzzles - January 29
Putting the Pieces Together Learning
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Today is National Puzzle Day, Seeing Eye Dog Day, and Curmudgeons Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Puzzles
ON THIS DATE
- 1861 - Kansas is admitted as the 34th state.
- 1907 - Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator. He later became the 31st vice president under Herbert Hoover.
- 1936 -Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Walter Johnson, and Christy Mathewson are revealed as the first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1963 - NH poet Robert Frost dies in Boston.
- 1980 - The Rubik's Cube makes its international debut in London.
- 1737 - Political activist Thomas Paine
- 1843 - 25th President of the U.S. William McKinley
- 1860 - Russian playwright Anton Chekhov
- 1861 - Civil rights activist, educator, and writer Florida Ruffin Ridley
- 1880 - Actor and screenwriter W. C. Fields
- 1881 - Microbiologist Alice Catherine Evans
- 1923 - Writer Paddy Chayefsky
- 1954 Talk show host and producer Oprah Winfrey
Rolling Stones - Jigsaw Puzzle - LISTEN
- Grade PreK-1 - Daniel Tiger - It's a Puzzle World (0:58) - VIEW
- Grades 5-7 - PBS LearningMedia - The Belly Buster Pizza Puzzle (1:11) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Raising an Obelisk: An Engineering Puzzle (5:52) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - FoldIt: A Protein Puzzle Game (Available in Spanish) (3:07) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Physics Girl - Can You Solve This Pier Puzzle? (4:58) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Light Falls - What Puzzles You? (3:10) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Infinite Series - The Assassin Puzzle (9:12) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Infinite Series - Instant Insanity Puzzle (9:32) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Physics Girl - Can You Solve the Bowl Riddle? (6:11) - VIEW
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PBS LearningMedia
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.
Annenberg Learner
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.
Brainpop
Features over 1,000 animated shorts and quizzes for students in grades K-12 covering science, social studies, English, math, the arts, health, and technology. The service is free to schools closed due to COVID-19.
Scholastic Learn At Home
Everyday Scholastic will feature four learning experiences, built around a story or video.
StoryLine Online
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.
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