Monday, August 8, 2022
- Today is International Cat Day, Assistance Dog Day, National Zucchini Day, Scottish Wildcat Day, National Frozen Custard Day, Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor's Porch Night, and Wear Your Mother's Jewelry 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: Sesame Street - Healthy Living Printables
- Sandwich of the Day: Grilled Veggie Sandwich (with Zucchini)
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Cats, Beijing, and Richard Nixon
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ON THIS DATE
BIRTHDAYS
SONGS OF THE DAY
- Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut - LISTEN
- Jane's Addiction - My Cat's Name is Maceo - LISTEN
- The Aristocats - Everybody Wants to Be a Cat - LISTEN
- Al Stewart - Year of the Cat - LISTEN
- Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa - LISTEN
THEME: CATS
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - C is for Counting Cats (1:28) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Peep in the Big Wide World - Cat Categories (1:28) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Peep in the Big Wide World - That's a Cat (8:50) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Simon's Cat and Elmo take a Nap! (2:55) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Peg + Cat - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-3 - Nature Cat - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-5- NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cat Adaptations - Agility (3:58) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cat Adaptations - Super Senses (4:00) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cats (8:28) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 5-12 - PBS Learning Media - Untamed - The Case for Indoor Cats (26:46) -VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cats - Yesterday and Today (6:54) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Animal Adaptations - Fishing Cat (4:18) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Super Cats: Episode 1 - Extreme Lives (53:28) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Super Cats: Episode 2 - Cats in Every Corner
- (53:29) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Super Cats: Episode 3 - Science and Secrets (53:28) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Cat Tales (53:41) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - How We Domesticated Cats (Twice) (7:47) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Ghostly Origins of the Big Cats (7:31) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Windows to the Wild - Rico The Hiking Cat (26:45) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Film School Shorts - Trash Cat (2:06) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Monstrum - The Wicked Feline Murder Floof, a Yule Cat Story (9:50) -VIEW
THEME: BEIJING
- Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - She is the Moon of Moons - Beats of Beijing (25:15) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - Ping Pong Match (2:27) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - China Loves You (1:18) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - The Drums and Bells of China (1:41)- VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - China General Store (2:57) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - Chinese Drum Performance (2:43) - VIEW
- Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Let's Go Luna - Learn about Beijing, China - 5 Clips - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Beijing Opera Dance (3:39) - VIEW and READ
THEME: RICHARD NIXON
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - 60-Second Presidents - Richard Nixon (1:15) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - The White House - Richard Nixon - READ
- Grades 6-12 - The Nixon Library - READ
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Nixon - Nixon's Gamble (2:46) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Vietnam War - The 1968 Presidential Campaign (6:44) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Vietnam War - Nixon - The Silent Majority (1:33) - VIEW
Watch
FORCES OF NATURE - Shape
Monday, 8/8 from 11 am-12 pm NH WORLD
We can't directly see the forces that govern Earth, but we can see their shadows in the shapes of nature that surround us. If we understand why these shapes exist, we can understand the rules that bind the entire universe. FORCES OF NATURE Streaming Video
WILD METROPOLIS - Residents
Monday, 8/8 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
From pythons in Bangkok to otters in Singapore, cities may seem unlikely havens for wildlife, but for animals able to adapt, the urban world is filled with opportunity. WILD METROPOLIS Streaming Video
WILD METROPOLIS - Commuters
Monday, 8/8 from 3-4 pm NH WORLD
From pythons in Bangkok to otters in Singapore, cities may seem unlikely havens for wildlife, but for animals able to adapt, the urban world is filled with opportunity. WILD METROPOLIS Streaming Video
WILD METROPOLIS - Survivors
Monday, 8/8 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
As the urban world grows, animals are displaced from the land that belonged to them. From herons to humpback whales, follow the captivating stories of wild survivors. WILD METROPOLIS Streaming Video
WALTER ANDERSON: THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND ART OF THE ISLANDER
Monday, 8/8 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
The life and work of famed Mississippi Gulf Coast watercolorist Walter Inglis Anderson. WALTER ANDERSON Streaming Video
MONA LISA IS MISSING
Monday, 8/8 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
It's the most famous painting in the world. Nearly 8.5 million people visit her every year. Yet few have ever heard about the time the Mona Lisa actually vanished from the Louvre in Paris for nearly two and a half years. MONA LISA Streaming Video
P.O.V. - The President
Monday, 8/8 from 9-11 pm NHPBS
See how the new leader of Zimbabwe's opposition party Nelson Chamisa challenges the acting president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, in the 2018 general election. How will they interpret democracy in a post-Mugabe era - in discourse and practice? P.O.V Streaming Video