Playing to Learn
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
- Today is Dinosaurs Day, National Coloring Book Day, Take A Penny/Leave A Penny Day, and National Ice Cream Sandwich Day.
- August is National Wellness Month, National Sandwich Month, National Golf Month, National Water Quality Month, Black Business Month, International Pirate Month, and National Crayon Collection Month
- Health and Wellness Resource of the Day: Smoking and Vaping - Lung Health
- Sandwich of the Day: Muffuletta: How This Gigantic New Orleans Sandwich Was Born
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: TOYS and DINOSAURS
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ON THIS DATE
BIRTHDAYS
SONGS OF THE DAY
- Elvis Presley - Teddy Bear - LISTEN
- Melanie - Brand New Key - LISTEN
- Four Seasons - Rag Doll - LISTEN
THEME: TOYS
- Grades K-12 - Sesame Street - Rubber Duckie (2:22) - LISTEN
- Grades K-12 - Sesame Street - Rubber Duckie with Daveed Diggs (1:41) - LISTEN
- Grades K-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Toy Story - Toy Collection (8:02) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-12 - NHPBS Video - Spanish with Esmeralda - Learn the Spanish Words for Some Toys (0:30) - VIEW
- Grades K-12 - National Toy Hall of Fame - READ and VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Timeless Toys - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Physics Girl - Bizarre Spinning Toys (4:56) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - Engineering Toys that Capture Energy from Play (7:12) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - How Architects Use Toy Blocks for Modeling (5:34) - VIEW and DO
THEME: DINOSAURS
- Grades PreK-2 - Dinosaur Train WebSite - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Dinosaur Train Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - ScienceTrek - Dinosaur Basics (5:51) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - The Adaptations that Helped a Giant Dinosaur Eat (5:13) - VIEW and DO
- grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Studying Adaptations for Walking in Dinosaurs (5:48) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - GPS: Dinosaurs (8:04) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - Discussing Dinosaurs with a Paleontologist (5:42) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Birds Are Living Dinosaurs (5:24) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12- PBS LearningMedia - Eons - Inside the Dinosaur Library (7:18) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief (7:28) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Raptor That Made Us Rethink Dinosaurs (8:36) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Giant Dinosaur That Was Missing a Body (12:01) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - Was This Dinosaur a Cannibal? (10:37) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - When Dinosaurs Chilled in the Arctic (9:20) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - An Illustrated History of Dinosaurs (12:20) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Facts About Dinosaurs & Feathers (10:01) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - What Colors Were Dinosaurs? (5:02) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - What a Dinosaur Looks Like Under a Microscope (8:09) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - The Dinosaur On Your Thanksgiving Table (10:16) - VIEW
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ANIMALS WITH CAMERAS - A NATURE MINISERIES
Tuesday, 8/2 from 2-5 pm NH WORLD
Witness the secret lives of animals as never before, as this three-part series uncovers truly unprecedented behavior. See a side of the animal kingdom where human cameramen can't go when animals become the cinematographers. NATURE Streaming Video
NOVA - Creatures of Light
Tuesday, 8/2 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
NOVA and National Geographic take a dazzling dive to explore how and why so many of the ocean's creatures light up-revealing a hidden undersea world where creatures flash, sparkle, shimmer or simply glow. NOVA Streaming Video
AMERICA OUTDOORS WITH BARATUNDE THURSTON - Tidewater: Homecoming
Tuesday, 8/2 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Baratunde treks along the coast of North Carolina and discovers surprising ways in which history has shaped these environments. He explores a daunting swamp, soars above the dunes on a Wright Brothers glider, and tracks wild horses on the beach. AMERICA OUTDOORS WITH BARATUNDE THURSTON Streaming Video
FRONTLINE - Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
Tuesday, 8/2 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
A dramatic and intimate look inside the Russian assault on Kharkiv. Told by displaced families trying to survive underground, civilians caught in the fight, and first responders risking their lives amid the shelling of Ukraine's second largest city. FRONTLINE Streaming Video
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