E.T. Phone Home Learning
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Today is Extraterrestrial Culture Day, National Pizza Day, and National Bagels and Lox Day.
* indicates a resource or program highlighting Black history, culture, or an individual.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Extraterrestrial Life
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ON THIS DATE
- 1775 - The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
- 1825 - After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as President of the United States.
- 1861 - Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America
- 1964 - The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show,
- 1971 - Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.*
BIRTHDAYS
SONGS OF THE DAY
Ernest Tubb - I'm Walking the Floor Over You - LISTEN
Carol King - So Far Away - LISTEN
David Bowie - Starman - LISTEN
THEME: Extraterrestrial Life
- Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - What Is Astrobiology? - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova -Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Are We Alone? - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Genius by Stephen Hawking - Are We Alone? - Ch. 1: Listening for extraterrestrial Life - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Genius by Stephen Hawking - Are We Alone? - Ch. 2: Listening for extraterrestrial Life - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Genius by Stephen Hawking - Are We Alone? - Ch. 3: Listening for extraterrestrial Life - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Genius by Stephen Hawking - Are We Alone? - Ch. 4: Listening for extraterrestrial Life - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Genius by Stephen Hawking - Are We Alone? - Ch. 5: Listening for extraterrestrial Life - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Life on Mars? NASA Discovers Evidence of Water - VIEW and DO
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