Extraterrestrial Life

E.T. Phone Home Learning

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Today is Extraterrestrial Culture Day, National Pizza Day,  and National Bagels and Lox Day.

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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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