Eagles and Asteroids - June 20

Monday, June 20, 2022

Today is International Asteroid Day, American Eagle Day, National Vanilla Milkshake Day, Take Your Cat to Work Day, and World Refugee Day.

June is Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month; National Oceans Month; National Rivers Month; and National Caribbean-American Heritage Month

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Eagles and Asteroids

ON THIS DATE

• 1782 - Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
• 1837 - Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
  1840 - Samuel Morse receives a patent for the telegraph.
• 1863 - West Virginia is admitted as the 35th state.
• 1893 - Lizzie Borden is found innocent of the ax murders of her father and stepmother.
• 1943 - Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three days.
• 1967 - Boxer Muhammad Ali is convicted of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted.
• 1975 - The movie Jaws is released.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1819 - German-French composer and cellist Jacques Offenbach
• 1905 - Playwright Lillian Hellman
• 1924 - Musician Chet Atkins
• 1929 - LGBT Rights activist Edith Windsor
• 1931 - Actor Olympia Dukakis
• 1942 - Singer-songwriter Brian Wilson
• 1945 - Canadian singer Anne Murray
• 1946 - TV Host Bob Vila
• 1949 - Singer-songwriter Lionel Richie
• 1967 - Actor Nicole Kidman

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Beachboys - Wouldn't It Be Nice - LISTEN
• Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle - LISTEN
• Jacques Offenbach - La Vie Parisienne - Ouverture - LISTEN
• Chet Atkins - Mr. Sandman - LISTEN
• Lionel Richie - All Night Long - LISTEN
• Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - LISTEN
• The Eagles - Desperado - LISTEN

THEME: EAGLES

• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - The National Bird (5:18) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Between the Lions - If You Were: Bald Eagle (1:14) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-4 - Wild Kratts - Bald Eagle Nest Rescue (2:35) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-4 - Wild Kratts - Wedge-tailed Eagle (0:23) - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Eagles and Eaglets (26:27) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Jr. - Accipitridae - Eagles, Hawks, Kites, Old World Vultures - READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Bald Eagles (26:46) - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 6-12  - NHPBS LearningMedia  - Nature - American Eagle Hatchling (3:46) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12  - NHPBS LearningMedia  - Nature - American Eagle Challenges of Incubation (3:19) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia  - Nature - American Eagle Growing Independent (2:41) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia  - Nature - Osprey v. Eagle (2:33) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - QUEST - Cool Critter - Golden Eagles (Available in Spanish) (2:16) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Eagle Power - Eagle Eye Structure and Vision (5:43) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Eagle Power - Flight (5:39)  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Eagle Power - Hunting Prowess and Talons (4:25)  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Eagle Power (53:40) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Monstrum - Why has the Majestic GRiffin Been Forgotten (10:03) - VIEW

THEME: ASTEROIDS

• Grades PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Ready Jet Go! - Asteroids, Meteors, and Meteorites (3:07) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Ready Jet GO! - Meteorite Test (1:57) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Ready Jet GO! - What is a Meteor Shower? (0:57) - VIEW
• Grades 3-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Asteroids and Comets Media Gallery - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-8 - STEM in 30 - Asteroid Redirect Mission (28:39) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NASA - A Visit to Asteroid Vesta Interactive - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Smithsonian Science How - Astrogeology: Meteorites and Spacecraft Missions (29:16) - VIEW
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Smithsonian Science How - Exploring the Solar System with Antarctic Meteorites (29:16) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Incoming! (24:42) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Touching the Asteroid (53:32) -VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NOVA: Asteroid; Doomsday or Payday? - Mining Asteroids (4:59) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NOVA: Asteroid; Doomsday or Payday? - Protecting Earth from Asteroids (5:58)  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NASA - Asteroid Closely Passes Earth (Available in Spanish) (2:00) - VIEW, READ, DO

• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NASA - Swift and Hubble Probe an Asteroid Crash (Available in Spanish) (1:46)) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia -  Occupation STEM -Tiffany Lockett, Lead System Engineer for the Solar Sail Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) Scout (5:54)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS Space Time - How Asteroid Mining Will Save Earth (10:37) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS Space Time - 5 Ways to Stop a Killer Asteroid (8:35) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Day the Dinosaurs Died (53:14) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Astronomy - Asteroids (11:32) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - How to Sample an Asteroid's Rocks, Without Landing On It (6:48) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - Asteroid Mining: Our Ticket To Living Off Earth? (5:16) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets… OH MY!!! (7:08) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

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