Drums, Squid and Cuttlefish, Sight, and Eggs - October 10

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Friday, October 10, 2025

Today is World Porridge Day, Hug A Drummer Day, Cake Decorating Day, Handbag Day, Metric Day, Squid & Cuttlefish Day, World Homeless Day, Mental Health Day, World Porridge Day, World Egg Day, Angel Food Cake Day,  and Tuxedo Day.

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1780 - The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean. The storm caused heavy losses to the British fleet, weakening British control over the Atlantic.

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, and Sight

ON THIS DATE

• 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.

BIRTHDAYS

• 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

SONG OF THE DAY 

• 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 -Different Drum - LISTEN
• Carrie Underwood  - Different Drum - LISTEN
• Mike Nesmith - Different Drum - LISTEN
• Todd Rundgren - Bang the Drum All Day - LISTEN
• Van Morrison - Brown-eyed Girl - LISTEN
• Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes - LISTEN
  
• Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes - LISTEN
• Jimmie Cliff - I Can See Clearly Now - LISTEN

THEME: DRUMS

• 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) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - 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 - 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 - NHPBS Video - 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 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Eons - How the Squid Lost Its Shell (8:05) - VIEW

THEME:  SIGHT

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Abby and Prince Charming Go to the Eye Doctor (1:23) - VIEW
  
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts -Techno Googly-Eyes (2:51) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Eight-eyed Monster (3:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Night Primates (1:33) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 2-6 - PBS LearningMedia - A-Z Career Lab - Ophthalmologist (5:34) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - National Institutes of Health - Ask a Scientist - Eyes and Sight Collection (1:55)  - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Eyes Collection - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS Video - Science Trek - Eyes: Seeing is Believing (4:10) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - How Sharp Are an Eagle's Eyes? (2:45) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Physics Girl - Could You Replace Your Eye with a Camera? (5:37) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Can Evolution Make an Eye? - 12 Days of Evolution #4 (1:47) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Is Your Eye Color Real? (5:21) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - What Are Eye Boogers? (1:47) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Dissection 101: Detailed Cow Eye Dissection Video Part 1 (4:17) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia -Dissection 101:  Detailed Cow Eye Dissection Video Part 2 (11:18) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Ask the Doctors - Eyes and Vision (57:58) - VIEW

THEME:  EGGS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Rotten Eggs and Jam (1:54)  - VIEW
  
• PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Stone Barns Egg Chore (2:19) - VIEW 
• PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Everyday Learning -What Comes from an Egg? (1:39) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Mystic Egg Pizza (11:00) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Laying Eggs (2:24) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Create Egg Carton Turtles (1:12) - VIEW and DO
• Grade K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts -The Great Crocodile Hatching! (2:30) - VIEW
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Making Eggs Float (3:03) - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Science-U - How Do You Drop an Egg Without Breaking It? (2:51) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NASA - Warmer Water Kills Salmon Eggs (3:05) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 -  PBS LearningMedia - NC Science Now - Nest Egg Science (5:20) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature  - American Eagle: Challenges of Incubation (3:19) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Why Don't Birds Lay Square Eggs (7:21)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 -  NHPBS Video - Eons - How the Egg Came First (8:44) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 -  NHPBS Video - Eons - The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief (7:28) - VIEW

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