Madagascar - June 26
Leaping Lemur Learning
Sunday, June 26, 2022
Today is National Chocolate Pudding Day and National Canoe 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: Madagascar
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ON THIS DATE
- 1870 -.Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the U.S.
- 1927 - Coney Island's Cyclone roller coaster opens.
- 1948 - Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker.
- 1950 - Madagascar gains its independence from France.
- 1963 -John F. Kennedy gives his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech.
- 2000 - Rough map of the human genome is completed
- 2015 - In a 5-4 decision, Supreme Court rules that same-sex couples have a right to marriage under the 14th Amendment.
- 1892 - Author Pearl Buck
- 1914 - Athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias
- 1915 - Children's author Charlotte Zolotow
- 1956 - Singer-songwriter Chris Isaak
- 1974 - Baseball player Derek Jeter
- 1993 - Singer-songwriter Ariana Grande
- Grades K-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia -San Diego Zoo Kids - Baobab (3:00) - VIEW
- Grades K-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Leaping Lemurs of Data (7:17) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades PreK-4 - Dinosaur Train - Dinosaur Discoveries - Madagascar (1:00) - VIEW
- Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Fossa Hunting (1:39) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Explore Madagascar (23:35) - VIEW
- Grades 3-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Living Edens - Madagascar: A World Apart - DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - When Giant Lemurs Ruled Madagascar (10:09) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS VIdeo - Science Minutes - Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (1:00) -VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Rare - Creature Clip: Madagascar Fish Eagle (2:06) - VIEW
- GRades 5-12 - World Wildlife Fund - Madagascar: Animals, People, and Threats - READ and VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Islands of Wonder - Madagascar (55:11) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Islands of Wonder - Madagascar - The History Hidden in Madagascar’s Underwater Caves (3:06) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Islands of Wonder - Ring-Tailed Lemurs Battle Tough Terrain Searching for Food (2:02) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Islands of Wonder - The Baobab Tree (3:47) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Georgia Outdoors - Lemurs on St. Catherine's Island (2:35) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Deep Look - You Wish You Had Mites Like This Hissing Cockroach (3:40) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Georgia Outdoors - Lemur Behaviors (3:00) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LerningMedia -The Ring-tailed Lemur: Reproductive Isolation (5:46) - VIEW
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