Earth's Rotation
Learning That Spins
Friday, January 8, 2021
Today is Bubble Bath Day, Argyle Day, Earth's Rotation Day, and National English Toffee Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Earth's Rotation
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ON THIS DATE
- 1790 - George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address.
- 1815 Forces led by Andrew Jackson defeat the British in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.
- 1918 - President Woodrow Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after World War I.
- 1959 - Charles De Gaulle is inaugurated as president of France's Fifth Republic.
- 1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty."
- 2011 - U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., is shot when a gunman opens fire at a constituent event in Tucson, killing six people and injuring 12 others.
BIRTHDAYS
- 1638 - Italian painter Elisabetta Sirani
- 1859 - Mountaineer Fanny Bullock Workman
- 1867 - Economist and pacifist Emily Greene Balch
- 1935 - Singer and actor Elvis Presley
- 1941 - English actor Graham Chapman
- 1942 - English physicist Stephen Hawking
- 1947 - English singer-songwriter David Bowie
David Bowie - Space Oddity - LISTEN
- PreK-3 - PBS LearningMEdia - Ready Jet GO! - How the Planets Rotate - VIEW
- Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - PEEP and the Big Wide World - Shifting Shadows - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Sunrise and Sunset: Summer and Winter - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - Nature Cat - Here Comes the Sun - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Earth in Orbit - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Observing Shadows on Earth - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - The Coriolis Effect Due to Earth's Rotation (Available in Spanish) - VIEW, READ, DO
Watch
- 12-12:30 pm NH WORLD - Illustrative Math - Gr. 6 - Finding The Percentage
- 12:30-1 pm NH WORLD - Illustrative Math - Gr. 7 - Changing Elevation
- 1-1:30 pm NH WORLD - Illustrative Math - Gr. 8 - More Graphs Of Functions
- 1:30-2 pm NHPBS - Illustrative Math - Algebra 1 - Graphs Of Functions In Standard And Factored Forms
- 2-3 pm NH WORLD - Shakespeare Uncovered - Julius Caesar With Brian Cox
- 3-5 pm NH WORLD - Library of Congress National Book Festival: Celebrating American Ingenuity
- 9-11 pm NHPBS - Frontline - A Thousand Cuts
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