Earthquakes - April 18
Shake, Rattle and Roll Learning
Monday, April 18, 2022
Today is the Boston Marathon, Pinata Day, Easter Monday,, International Juggler's Day, National Velociraptor Awareness Day, Peeps Day.
and National Animal Crackers Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Earthquakes
ON THIS DATE
- 1775 - Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements
- 1906 - An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California, killing more than 3,000.
- 1983 - A suicide bomber kills 63 people, including 17 Americans, at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon.
- 1857 Lawyer Clarence Darrow
- 1924 - Singer-songwriter and guitarist Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
- 1953 - Actor Rick Moranis
- 1963 - Talk show host Conan O'Brien
- 1971 - Scottish actor David Tennant
POEM OF THE DAY
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Paul Revere's Ride
THEME:
EARTHQUAKES
- Grades K-4 - Ready Jet Go! - Learning About Earthquakes (2:14) - VIEW
- Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Earthquakes (Available in Spanish) (7:16) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-12 - USGS - Latest Earthquakes - TRACK
- Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragnflyTV - Scientist Profile: Earthquake Scientist (Available in Spanish) (1:40) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Forecasting Earthquakes (3:39) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Predicting Earthquakes (2:56) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Explaining Earthquakes (4:26) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Megathrust Earthquakes (10;49) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: San Francisco (3:28) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: Los Angeles (5:13) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: The Prehistoric Records (3:19) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: The Seismograph (3:39) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: When Plates Collide (Available in Spanish) (3:02) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Predicting Earthquakes (4;20) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Gtgrade 9-12 - USGS - The 1886 Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake: A 1986 Perspective - READ
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