The Periodic Table - February 7

Monday, February 7, 2022

Today is Rose Day, Ballet Day, National Periodic Table Day, and National Fettuccine Alfredo Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: The Periodic Table

ON THIS DATE

• 1795 - The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
• 1962 - The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
• 1964 - The Beatles arrive in the United States for the first time.
• 1979 - Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1478 - English statesman Thomas More
• 1813 - English novelist Charles Dickens
• 1817 -  Abolitionist leader  Frederick Douglass
• 1867 - Writer Laura Ingalls Wilder
• 1883 -  Composer and pianist Eubie Blake
• 1885 - Writer Sinclair Lewis
• 1962 - Singer-songwriter Garth Brooks
• 1962 - English actor and comedian Eddie Izzard
• 1965 - Actor and comedian Chris Rock
• 1978 - Actor Ashton Kutcher

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Tom Lehrer - The Elements - LISTEN
• Eubie Blake - Pie, Pie, Blackbird Short Film - LISTEN
• Garth Brooks - Sesame Street - Together We Make Music - LISTEN

THEME:  The Periodic Table

• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Developing the Periodic Table (Available in Spanish) (2:31)  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova: Hunting the Elements Collection (Available in Spanish) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - Women in Chemistry: Heroes of the Periodic Table (4:59)  - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - How The Elements Got Their Names (3:31) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - SciTech Now - The Timeline of the Periodic Table (1:02) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Periodic Table Statistics Interactive - READ and DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Chemistry: Unit 4 - Organizing Atoms and Electrons (28:25) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - University Place - Physics of the Periodic Table (56:59) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video -  Chemistry 401 - History of the Periodic Table (29:22) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video -  Chemistry 402 - Organization of the Periodic Table (27:33) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video -  Chemistry 403 - Trends in the Periodic Table (26:09) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Chemistry Matters - Periodic Table (15:46) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Out of Our Elements - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Beyond the Elements  - Life (53:17) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Beyond the Elements  - Reactions (53:17) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Beyond the Elements  - Indestructable (53:17) -  VIEW

Pressroom Contact

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