Toys and Dinosaurs - August 2

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

1776 - Delegates to the Continental Congress begin signing the Declaration of Independence.
1790 - The first United States Census is conducted.
1923 - Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
1932 - The positron is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
1934 - Adolf Hitler becomes the Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War

BIRTHDAYS

1754 - Architect and designer of Washington, DC, Pierre Charles L'Enfant
1834 - French sculptor and designer of the Statue of Liberty, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
1924 - Author James Baldwin
1939 - Director Wes Craven
1966 - Baseball pitcher Tim Wakefield
1970 - Actor, screenwriter, and director Kevin Smith

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

Watch

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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