Polar Bears and Strawberries - February 27
Beary and Berry Good Learning
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Today is National Strawberry Day, International Polar Bear Day, Kahlua Day, Retro Day, and Pokemon Day.
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Today's Theme: Polar Bears and Strawberries
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ON THIS DATE
- 1801 - Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
- 1812 - Poet Lord Byron gives a speech in the House of Lords, defending Luddites in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
- 1844 - The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
- 1940 - Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14, and dinosaurs can no longer lie about their age.
- 1951 - The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
- 272 - Roman emperor Constantine the Great
- 1807 - Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- 1847 - English actor Ellen Terry
- 1869 - Physician and research scientist Alice Hamilton
- 1886 - Politician and Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black
- 1897 - Singer Marian Anderson
- 1902 - Author John Steinbeck
- 1907 - Jazz singer Mildred Bailey
- 1932 - Actor Elizabeth Taylor
- 1934 - Politician and activist Ralph Nader
- 1942 - Journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault
- 1958 - Politician and 81st governor of New Hampshire Maggie Hassan
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever - LISTEN- The Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermint - LISTEN
- Marian Anderson - Ave Maria - LISTEN
- Mildred Bailey - Georgia on My Mind - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-2 - Let's Learn - Polar Bear's Underwear - (11:52) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-12 - San Diego Zoo - Polar Bear Live Cam - VIEW
- Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Mommy Rescue: Polar Bear and Walrus (2:20) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Polar Bears Don’t Dance (26:26) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Animal Adaptations: Polar Bear Paws Collection - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Polar Bears - READ
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature Polar Bear Sneak Attack (2:08) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Polar Bear Mom Creates Avalanche to Save Family - (2:55) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - How Polar Bears Dry Off (1:26) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - Polar Bears International - READ, DO, VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Science Trek - Satellites: Counting Polar Bears from Space (1:05) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Sci Tech Now - The Daring Study of Polar Bears (8:24) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Bears of the Last Frontier: Arctic Wanderers - Climate Change Warning (Available in Spanish) (2:13) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Alaska - Saving A Species: Polar Bears (29:57) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Schoolyard Films - Polar Bears Unplugged (17:11) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Great Polar Bear Feast (54:41) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Sci NC - How Polar Bears Find Love at the Zoo (4:10) - VIEW
THEME: Strawberries
- PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Growing Plants (1:02) - VIEW
- Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Can You Extract DNA from a Strawberry? (2:29) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Now - Strawberry Fields Forever (6:57) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - These Mites Rain Down To Save Your Strawberries (4:12) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Viewfinder - The Sweet History of California Strawberries - (26:55) - VIEW
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P.O.V. - While We Watched
Tuesday, 2/27 from 12-1:30 pm NH EXPLORE
A timely depiction of a newsroom in crisis, While We Watched follows tormented journalist Ravish Kumar for two years as he battles a barrage of fake news, falling ratings, and the resulting cutbacks. Are there viewers for fact-based analyses anymore? Will his show survive or become a swan song of reason - drowning out in sensationalism, misinformation, and ratings-driven editorial decisions? P.O.V. Streaming Video
INDEPENDENT LENS - Through a Lens Darkly
Tuesday, 2/27 from 1:30-2:30 am NH WORLD
This is the story of the pioneering African-American photographers - men and women, celebrated and anonymous - who have recorded the lives and aspirations of generations, from slavery to the present.. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video
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FIGHT THE POWER: HOW HIP-HOP CHANGED THE WORLD - Under Siege
Tuesday, 2/27 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
Explore the 1980s and the birth of Hip Hop as social commentary in the Reagan Era with the emergence of artists like Public Enemy, KRS-One, Ice-T, and NWA. FIGHT THE POWER: HOW HIP-HOP CHANGED THE WORLD Streaming Video
NOVA - Forgotten Genius
Tuesday, 2/27 from 8-10 pm NHPBS
Percy Julian was one of the greatest African-American scientists of the 20th century, as well as an industrialist, self-made millionaire, humanitarian, and civil rights pioneer. The grandson of Alabama slaves, Julian won worldwide acclaim for his research in chemistry and broke the color barrier in American science more than a decade before Jackie Robinson did so in baseball. NOVA Streaming Video
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