Penguins, Trees, and Telephones - April 25

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Friday, April 25, 2025

Today is Celebrate Teen Literature Day, DNA Day, Crayola Day, Telephone Day, Zucchini Bread Day, Arbor Day, and Penguin Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Penguins and Phones

ON THIS DATE

• 1898 - The United States declares war on Spain.
• 1983 - Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1599 - English Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell
• 1874 - Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi
• 1908 - Journalist Edward R. Murrow
• 1917 - Singer Ella Fitzgerald
• 1921 -  Dutch artist Karel Appel
• 1940 - Actor Al Pacino
• 1969 - Actor Renée Zellweger

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime - LISTEN
• Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line - LISTEN
• Tommy Tutone - 867-5309 (Jenny) - LISTEN
• Adele - Hello - LISTEN
• Steely Dan - Rikki Don’t Lose That Number - LISTEN
  
• Glen Campbell - Witchita Lineman - LISTEN

POEMS OF THE DAY 

• Emily Dickinson - I'm Nobody! Who are You?
• Langston Hughes - Madame and the Phone Bill
• Robert Frost - The Telephone
• Florence Ripley Mastin - From the Telephone
• Joyce Kilmer - Trees

THEME:  Penguins

• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Elmo's World - Penguins  (17:16) -  VIEW 
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Penguins 1-20 (1:02)  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Penguins at the Movies (1:14) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - The Penguin Party  (6:16) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Everyday Learning - Do the Penguin Shuffle (1:31) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-12 - San Diego Zoo - Penguin Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 -  Georgia Aquarium - African Penguin Cam - VIEW
• Grades K-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Saving a Species - Penguins (23:45) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Sphenisciformes - Penguins - READ
• Grades 4-6- PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - African Penguins (7:47) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Spy Penguin (5:55) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Big Pacific: Passionate - Yellow-Eyed Penguins (4:14) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - King Penguins Tiptoe Around Elephant Seals (3:21) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - What These Antarctic Penguins Tell Us About Climate Change (9:25) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Antarctica’s Penguins Taught Us Surprising Life Lessons (14:03) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - When Penguins Went From The Sky To The Sea (10:33) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Changing Seas - Peru’s Desert Penguins (26:42) - VIEW

THEME:  Trees

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Tree Fashion Report with Ernie (2:43) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cameron Diaz Talks Trees with Grover  (2:34) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Nature Cat - Let's Celebrate Trees (1:26) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Dinosaur Train - Planting Trees  (1:31) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature Cat - Hooray It's Arbor Day (12:05)  - VIEW
• Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Tree Truths  Media Gallery - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - It's OK to Be Smart - Can Trees Really Fight Climate Change? (10:44) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - It's OK to Be Smart - What Would Trees Look Like on Other Planets? (8:51) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Do Trees Talk? (5:27) - VIEW

THEME:  Phones

• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - The Martians Discover a Telephone (2:51) -  VIEW 
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Camp TV - Telephone Cups (0:52) - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Alexander Graham Bell (2:13) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 2-5 - PBS Kids - Search It Up: Phone Fun (2:18) - VIEW
  
• Grades 3-12 - NH Telephone Museum -EXPLORE
• Grades 3-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Icons - Alexander Graham Bell (3:51) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-6 - BBC BiteSize - Alexander Graham Bell - Read
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Physics Girl - How Does Your Phone Send Emojis? (6:03) -  VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Physics Girl - Can You Call a Cell Phone in the Microwave? (7:05) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - American Experience - The Telephone - READ

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