Engineering - April 6

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Today is Global Day of the Engineer, Jump Over Things Day, National Student-Athlete Day, National Tartan Day, National Twinkie Day, National Caramel Popcorn Day, and World Table TennisDay.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Libraries

ON THIS DATE

• 1327 - The poet Petrarch first sees his idealized love, Laura, in the church of Saint Clare in Avignon.
• 1808 - John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company.
• 1896 - The first modern Olympic Games open in Athens, Greece.
• 1909 - Explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson reach the North Pole.
• 1917 - The United States declares war on Germany.
• 1973 - American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
• 1983 - Interior Secretary James Watt bans the Beach Boys from the 4th of July celebration on the Washington Mall, saying rock 'n' roll bands attract the "wrong element."
• 2004 - The University of Connecticut became the first school to win the NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball titles in the same season.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1135 -  Spanish Jewish philosopher Maimonides
• 1483 - Italian painter Raphael
• 1671 - French poet and playwright Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
• 1860 - French jeweler Rene Lalique 
• 1928 - Biologist James Watson
• 1929 - Pianist, composer, and conductor André Previn
• 1937 - Actor Billy Dee Williams
• 1942 - Producer and director Barry Levinson
• 1969 - Actor Paul Rudd

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Andre Previn Plays "Rhapsody in Blue" - LISTEN
• Jefferson Starship - We Built This City On Rock and Roll - LISTEN

POEM OF THE DAY 
Richard Blanco (Poet and Civil Engineer) - One Today - Poem for Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration

THEME:  ENGINEERING

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - James Marsden and Elmo - Engineering Automatic Spaghetti Server - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Word on the Street - Engineering Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo and Abby Investigate: Engineering a Bridge - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Murray Experiment: Build a Bridge (2:01) - VIEW
• Grade PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That - Building Bridges (Available in Spanish (13:43) - VIEW and DO
• Grade PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That - Design Time (Available in Spanish) (11:00) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS LearningMEdia - Curious George  STEM Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - PBS Learning Media - Teaching NGSS Engineering Design Through Media Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV Engineering Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LeearningMedia - NOVA: Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers Collection (Available in Spanish) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LerningMedia - NASA Physics and Engineering Collection -VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LeaarningMedia - Biomedical Engineering - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LeaarningMedia - Aerospace Engineering Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Engineering Is... Collection - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Engineering Your Future Collection - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Engineering for the Future Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Engineering Technology: Value Engineer - VIEW, READ, DO

Pressroom Contact

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