Bird Migration

Sunday, August 16, 2020

Today is National Rollercoaster Day.

ON THIS DATE.

• 1777 - General John Stark defeats the British at the Battle of Bennington.
• 1916 - Canada and the United States sign the Migratory Bird Treaty.
• 1962 - Drummer Pete Best is dismissed by the Beatles.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1954 - Director James Cameron
• 1958 - Musician Madonna
• 1958 - Actor Angela Bassett
• 1962 - Steve Carell

Songs of the Day 
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird - LISTEN
Julie London - Bye Bye Blackbird - LISTEN
Liza Minnelli - Bye Bye Blackbird -LISTEN

THEME: BIRD MIGRATION

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - It's a Habitat Song with Lin-Manuel Miranda - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS Kids - Hibernate - Migrate Song - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Plum Landing - Migration Challenge - DO
• Grades K-3 - Ready Jet Go! - Bird Migration - VIEW
• Grades K-6  - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Bird Migration - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-8 - NHPBS - NatureWorks - Migration - READ and DO
• Grades 4-8 - NHPBS - NatureWorks - Migration - VIEW 
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Why Do Birds Migrate? - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Now - The Great Migration - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - The Great Migration - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Untamed  - Bird Migration - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Flight Path: The World of Migratory Birds - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Journey of the Broad-Winged Hawk - VIEW

Watch 

• 9-9:30 am NHPBS - SciGirls - Star Power
• 9:30-10 am  NHPBS -  Cyberchase - A Camping Conundrum
• 9:30-10-10:30 am  NHPBS - Odd Squad - O Is Not For Over
• 5-7 pm NHPBS - Charlottesville

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339