Drums, Squid and Cuttlefish, Ada Lovelace, and Computers - October 10
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Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Today is World Porridge Day, Hug A Drummer Day, Cake Decorating Day, Handbag Day, Squid & Cuttlefish Day, World Homeless Day, World Mental Health Day, Ada Lovelace Day, Angel Food Cake Day, Metric Day, Tuxedo Day
World Animal Month Animal Cam of the Day: Texas State Aquarium Cuttlefish Cam
Dessert Month Dessert of the Day: Pumpkin Spice Cake with Honey Frosting
LGBT History Month Resource of the Day: Lorraine Hansberry
On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Drums, Squid and Cuttlefish, Ada Lovelace, and Computers
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- 1780 - The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills up to 30,000 in the Caribbean.
- 1935 - George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess opens on Broadway.
- 1966 - The Beach Boys' song "Good Vibrations" is released.
- 1973 - Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with tax evasion.
- 1979 - Hockey great Wayne Gretzky makes his NHL debut with the Edmonton Oilers.
- 2005 - Angela Merkel becomes Germany's first female chancellor.
- 1684 - French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau
- 1731 - English scientist Henry Cavendish
- 1738 - Painter Benjamin West
- 1813 - Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi
- 1917 - Musician Thelonious Monk
- 1924 - Producer and director Ed Wood
- 1930 - English playwright Harold Pinter
- 1946 - Singer-songwriter John Prine
- 1946 - Actor Ben Vereen
- 1954 - Singer David Lee Roth
- 1958 - Singer Tanya Tucker
- 1963 - Journalist Daniel Pearl
- 1967 - Governor of California Gavin Newsom
- Guiseppe Verdi -
La Traviata: 'Brindisi' - LISTEN - Thelonious Monk - Don't Blame Me - LISTEN
- John Prine - Hello In There - LISTEN
- Van Halen - Jump - LISTEN
- Tanya Tucker - Delta Dawn - LISTEN
- Ben Vereen - Magic To Do - LISTEN
- Stone Poneys w. Linda Ronstadt -Differnet Drum - LISTEN
- Mike Nesmith - Different Drum - LISTEN
- Todd Rundgren - Bang the Drum All Day - LISTEN
- Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me with Science - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Bert and Ernie Play Drums (2:12) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - M is for Musician with Questlove (3:02) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - South American Drums! (1:24) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Evelyn Glennie Plays the Drums (3:35) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Drumming School: Murray Had a Little Lamb
(6:45) - VIEW - Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Drumming for Exercise (2:37)
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Sesame Street - Steel Drum Rhythm (1:39) - VIEW - Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Crafts for Kids -Make a Chinese Rattle Drum (1:03) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - The Drums And Bells Of China Sing-a-long (1:40) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - A Chinese Drum Performance (2:43) - VIEW
- Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Molly of Denali - Grandpa's Drum (25:25) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 1-4 - PBS LearningMeida - Zoom -Pitch: Super Sounding Drums (Available in Spanish) (3:44) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Hana's Japanese Drums (2:47) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Wyoming's Native Americans - Shoshone Drum (2:35) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Wyoming's Native Americans - Arapaho Drum (1:38) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Ancestors Talk Through Drums (3:51) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Antiques Roadshow - Civil War Drum (4:36) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Sound Field - How To Make a Living As a Drummer with LA Buckner (8:10) - VIEW
THEME: SQUID AND CUTTLEFISH
- Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Whale of a Squid (26:26) - VIEW
- Grades 4-5 - NHPBS NatureWorks - Squid and Octopus - READ
- Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Camouflaging Cuttlefish (4:56) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - I Contain Multitudes - Nature's Cutest Symbiosis: The Bobtail Squid (8:05) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Magical Land of Oz - Giant Cuttlefish in the Spencer Gulf (3:34) - VIEW
- Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Ocean Adventures -Spectacular Squid (4:31) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Inside Nature's Giants - The Giant Squid Collection - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Big Pacific: Mysterious - Bioluminescent Firefly Squid (3:39) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - The Fierce Humboldt Squid (10:02) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - Cuttlefish: Tentacles in Disguise (3:54) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Deep Look -You're Not Hallucinating. That's Just Squid Skin (3:17) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - MIT's Science Out Loud - Squid Skin with a Mind of Its Own (4:32) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - bioGraphic - Invisible Nature: The Glowing Squid (4:31) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Cool Critters: Dwarf Cuttlefish - (Available in Spanish) (2:14) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Life on the Reef - The Amazing Cuttlefish (3:10) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Eons - How the Squid Lost Its Shell (8:05) - VIEW
THEME: ADA LOVELACE
- Grades 4-12 - BBC - Newsround - Who Was Ada Lovelace? - READ
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Visionaries: Ada Lovelace (1:21) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - Computer History Museum - Ada Lovelace - READ
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Victoria, Season 2 - A Woman Mathematician (1:10) - VIEW and DO
THEME: COMPUTERS
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Where Are the Computers in Your Neighborhood? (2:46) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Ready Jet Go!- Programming Computers (1:31) - VIEW
- Grades 2-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Computer Programmer (4:08) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 2-10 - PBS LearningMedia - MIT Science Out Loud - How to Make a Video Game (4:29) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Computers Collection (3:41) - VIEW
- Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - NOVA Wonders -Teaching Machines to See - Can We Build a Brain? (3:43) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NOVA scienceNOW - Luis von Ahn: Computer Scientist (5:08) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Physics Girl - How Does Your Phone Send Emojis? (6:03) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Crash Course - Computer Science Collection (40 videos) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - False Dawn: The Babbage Engine (5:37) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Origin of Everything - Why Are There So Few Women in Computer Science? (6:15) - VIEW
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FRONTLINE - Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover
Tuesday, 10/10 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Elon Musk's long and often troubled relationship with Twitter. Musk's journey from one of the platform's most provocative users to its sole proprietor, exploring the acquisition, free speech, and the company's uncertain future. FRONTLINE Streaming Video
IN THEIR OWN WORDS - Elon Musk
Tuesday, 10/10 from 10--11 pm NHPBS
Revel in the life story of a thrilling 21st-century Iron Man come alive. See how Musk went from bullied boy to young innovator to self-taught rocket scientist, ultimately becoming one of the richest men in the world. IN THEIR OWN WORDS Streaming Video
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POWER TRIP: THE STORY OF ENERGY - Globalization
Tuesday, 10/10 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
Learn how energy enabled rapid globalization, both as a widely traded product and as a facilitator for moving goods globally. In the ancient world, globalization was always a goal, but modern forms of energy provided the missing link. POWER TRIP: THE STORY OF ENERGY - Globalization Streaming Video
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