Rubber - December 29

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Today is Pledge of Allegiance Day, Call a Friend Day, National Card Playing Day, National Chocolate Candy Day, and National Short Film Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Rubber
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ON THIS DATE

• 1170 - Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket is murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II.
• 1845 -  The United States annexes the Republic of Texas, and Texas becomes the 28th state.
• 1851 - The first American YMCA opens in Boston.
• 1890 - U.S. troops from the  7th Cavalry Regiment killed over 300 Lakota at Wounded Knee, SD.
• 1916 -  Russian monk Gregory Rasputin is murdered by a group of noblemen.
• 1940 - Germany begins dropping bombs on London.
• 2007 - The New England Patriots became the first NFL team in 35 years to finish the regular season undefeated.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1721 - French mistress of Louis XV, Jeanne-Antoinette Pompadour
• 1800 - Inventor Charles Goodyear
• 1808 - 17th president Andrew Johnson
• 1876 - Spanish cellist and conductor Pablo Casals
• 1936 - Actor Mary Tyler Moore
• 1943 - Children's author and illustrator Molly Bang
• 1946 - English singer Marianne Faithfull
• 1946 - Actor Ted Danson
• 1952 - Ballerina Gelsey Kirkland
• 1972 - English actor Jude Law

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Spinners - Rubberband Man - LISTEN
• Frank Sinatra - High Hopes - LISTEN
• Sesame Street - Rubber Duckie - LISTEN
  
• Marianne Faithfull - As Tears Go By - LISTEN
• Pablo Casals- Bach Cello Solo Nr.1, BWV 1007 - LISTEN

THEME:  Rubber

• Grades 5-13 - PBS LearningMedia -  Children of the Amazon - A Rubber Tapping Invasion (2:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - PBS Learning Media - Nova - Beyond the Elements: Rubber - Media Resources - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Raw to Ready: Komatsu  - Rubber (3:24) - VIEW 
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Raw to Ready: Komatsu  - Vulcanization (7:16)  - VIEW 
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Origin of Everything - How Your Rubber Ducky Explains Colonialism (6:49) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Beyond the Elements: Indestructible (57:17) - VIEW

Watch 

NHPBS  - 11.1   Comcast (802)   Live Stream   More Options

• 6-6:30 am NHPBS - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - I Am Jigonsaseh/I Am Sacagawea
• 6:30-7 am NHPBS - Arthur - The Blizzard/The Rat Who Came To Dinner
• 7-7:30 am NHPBS - Molly of Denali - Trini's Super Coop/Trini's Winter Warm Up
• 7:30-8 am NHPBS - Wild Kratts - Red Panda Rescue
• 8-8:30 am NHPBS - Hero Elementary - Monumental Problem / Super Lift
• 8:30-9 am NHPBS - Alma's Way - Cardboard Club/Alma Clues In
• 2:30-3 pm NHPBS - Let's Go Luna! - Bob The Plant/Aren't We A Pair?
• 3-3:30 pm NHPBS - Nature Cat - Are You My Egg?/Sos (Save Our Salad)
• 8-9 pm NHPBS - Earth Emergency
• 9-10 pm NHPBS - Nova - Secrets Of The Forbidden City
• 10-11 pm NHPBS -  Climate Change - The Facts

NHPBS EXPLORE  - 11.2   Comcast (801)   More Options

• 12-1 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - In Their Own Words - Angela Merkel
• 1-2 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - American Experience - The Codebreaker
• 2:30-3 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Elinor Wonders Why - The Tomato Drop/Look What I Can Do
• 3-3:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Hero Elementary - Monumental Problem / Super Lift
• 3:30-4 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Pinkalicious & Peterrific - Best Day Ever/Catchy Song
• 4-4:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Let's Go Luna! - Andy, King Of Scots/Leo The Nessie Hunter
• 4:30-5 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Odd Squad - End Of The Road
• 5-5:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Wild Kratts - Chameleons On Target
• 5:30-6 pm NHPBS EXPLORE - Molly of Denali - Going Toe To Toe With A Dinosaur/Sassy Ladies On Ice

NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options

• 8-9:30 am NH WORLD - America ReFramed - Jack & Yaya
• 9:30-10 am NH WORLD - Becoming Johanna
• 10-11 am NH WORLD - However Wide The Sky: Places of Power
• 11 am-12 pm NH WORLD - Standing On Sacred Ground
• 2-3 pm NH WORLD - Icon: Music Through The Lens - On Camera
• 3-4 pm NH WORLD - Icon: Music Through The Lens - On the Road
• 4-5 pm NH WORLD - Icon: Music Through The Lens - On the Record
• 7:30-9 pm NH WORLD - P.O.V. - Unapologetic
• 9-10 pm NH WORLD - Frontline - Opioids, Inc.

NH KIDS - 11.5  Schedule   Live Stream   More Options

Pressroom Contact

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