Rainforests - June 22
Wet and Wild Learning
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Today is National Chocolate Eclair Day, National Onion Ring Day, National HVAC Tech Day, and World Rainforest 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: Rainforests
ON THIS DATE
- 1870 - U.S. Department of Justice established.
- 1940 - France signs an armistice with Germany eight days after German forces invade Paris.
- 1942 - Pledge of Allegiance adopted by Congress.
- 1944 - FDR signs the GI Bill.
- 1969 The Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio catches on fire.
- 1906 - Director Billy Wilder
- 1909 - Dance and choreographer Katherine Dunham
- 1933 - Politician Dianne Feinstein
- 1936 - Singer-songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson
- 1949 - Actor Meryl Streep
- 1949 - Politician Elizabeth Warren
- 1953 - Musician Cyndi Lauper
- 1960 - Environmental activist Erin Brockovich
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Grover Searches the Amazonian Rainforest (4:00) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - N is For Nature - Australian Rainforest (1:20) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-4 - Wild Kratts - Rainforest Adventure (3:01) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - Plum Landing - Jungle Rangers: Missions in the Borneo Rainforest - DO
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - KidVision - Rainforest (8:55) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature Conservancy - Recording the Rainforest: Nature Works Everywhere (8:01) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Temperate Rainforests (Available in Spanish) (7:05) -VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Rainforests - READ
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - This Rainforest Caterpillar Looks Like Donald Trump (5:01) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - When the Rainforests Collapsed (7:41) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Library of Congress - Teaching With Primary Sources - Amazon Rainforest - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Rainforest Pharmacy: Jungle Medicine and Nutrition (6:28) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Magical Land of Oz - Tree Kangaroos in Queensland Rainforest (3:04) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - When Camels Roamed North America (9:45) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Tropical Rainforest Diversity (4:03) - VIEW, READ, DO
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