Ozone
Layers of Learning
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Today is Anne Dudley Bradstreet Day, National Guacamole Day, Play-doh Day, International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, and National Cinnamon-Raisin Bread Day.
ON THIS DATE
- 1630 - The village of Shawmut changes its name to Boston.
- 1920 - A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
- 1940 - FDR signs the first peacetime military draft into law.
- 1974 - President Ford announces a conditional amnesty for Vietnam War draft dodgers.
- 1987 - The Montreal Protocol, designed to protect the ozone layer, is signed.
BIRTHDAYS
- 1886 - Abstract artist Jean Arp
- 1898 - Curious George co-creator H. A. Rey
- 1925 - Musician B.B. King
- 1925 - A Separate Peace author, John Knowles
- 1950 - Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- 1971 - Actor Amy Poehler
- 1974 - Politicians Joaquin and Julian Castro
- 1992 - Musician Nick Jonas
SONG OF THE DAY
B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone - LISTEN
THEME: OZONE LAYER
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS Kids Writers Contest - Jacob and Jack Save the Ozone - VIEW
- Grades 3-6 - NASA - EO Kids - Ozone Hole - READ and DO
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Why Don’t We Hear About the Ozone Hole Anymore? - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Antarctic Ozone Hole Believed to Be Shrinking - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NASA - NASA Ozone Watch - VIEW, READ, DO, and MONITOR
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Global Weirding - What About the Ozone Hole? - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Changes in the Ozone Layer - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Ozone Hole (Available in Spanish) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Ozone: The Good, the Bad, and the CFCs - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - A Hole in the Sky - VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet (Full Program) - VIEW (Passport Members only)
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet - Discovering the Ozone Hole - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet - The World Takes Action - VIEW
Watch
- 12-12:30 pm NH WORLD - Battleground Everglades - Survival At Stake
- 12:30-1 pm NH WORLD - Battleground Everglades - Glades Warriors
- 1-2 pm NH WORLD - Mississippi: Rivers of Life
- 2-3 pm NH WORLD - Civilizations - Color and Light
- 3-4 pm NH WORLD - Africa's Great Civilizations - Empires of Gold
- 4-5 pm NH WORLD - Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed The World - The Telescope
- 8-9 pm NHPBS - Madagascar: Islands of Wonder
- 9-10 pm NHPBS - Nova - Secret Mind of Slime
- 10-11 pm NHPBS - Hacking Your Mind - Weapons of Influence
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