Secret Codes, the Navajo Code Talkers, and Lizards - August 14

Sunday, August 14, 2022

• Today is Color Book Day, Melon Day, National Navajo Code Talkers Day, National Wiffle Ball Day, and World Lizard 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: Environmental Public Health
  
  
• Sandwich of the Day: Frittata Sandwich

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Secret Codes, the Navajo Code Talkers, and Lizards
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ON THIS DATE

• 1040 - King Duncan I of Scotland is killed in battle by his cousin Macbeth's troops. 
• 1848 - An act of Congress established the Oregon Territory.
• 1935 - Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law.
• 1947 - Pakistan gains independence from Great Britain one day before India gains independence.
• 2021 - A 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes southwestern Haiti, killing over 2,200 people.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1941 - Singer-songwriter David Crosby
• 1945 - Actor and musician Steve Martin
• 1947 - Author Danielle Stelle
• 1950 - Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson
• 1959 - Basketball player Magic Johnson
• 1965 - Football player and coach Mike Vrabel
• 1966 - Actor Halle Berry

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Steve Martin - King Tut - LISTEN
• Rocky Horror Picture Show - Time Warp - LISTEN

THEME: SECRET CODES

• Grades 3-5  - NHPBS LearningMedia - Cyberchase - Creating a Code (2:47) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12  - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Deciphering the Maya Code (2:17) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Spy Techniques of the Revolutionary War: Culper Code Book - READ and DO
• Grade 5-12 - National Cryptologic Museum - EXPLORE 
• Grades 6-12  - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Cyber Codes (3:25)  - VIEW and DO
• Grade 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - The Covebreaker (52:49) - VIEW
• Grade 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - The Covebreaker (In Spanish) (52:51) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Crash Course: Computer Science - Cryptography (12:16) -  VIEW 

THEME: NAVAJO CODE TALKERS

• Grades 2-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Warrior Tradition - Secrets of the Code Talkers (18:29) -  VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 2-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Warrior Tradition - Secrets of the Code Talkers Lesson Plan -  DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Warrior Tradition - Reporting on Navajo Code Talkers (18:29) -  VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Warrior Tradition - Reporting on Navajo Code Talkers Lesson Plan -  DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - History of the Navajo Code Talkers (1:32) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - National Museum of the American Indian - Navajo Code Talkers - READ
• Grades 6-12 -CIA - Navajo Code Talkers and the Unbreakable Code - READ

THEME: LIZARDS

• Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia - Jelly, Ben, and Pogo - Best Lizard (3:00) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Do the Lizard Walk (26:25) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Draco Lizard (Available in Spanish) (26:25) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Basilisk Lizard (1:39) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Gila Monster (2:29) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Water Walking Kratts (2:05) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-6 - NHPBS Video - Ask Dr. Universe - Why Do Lizards Lose Their Tails? (1:00) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Video - Let's Learn - Sanke and Lizard (12:20) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Video - Let's Learn - Sanke and Lizard (Spanish Captions) (12:20) - VIEW
• Grades 5-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Biological Defence Mechanisms of the Regal Horned Lizard (4:26) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - The Lizard That Uses Nanotechnology to Walk Upside Down (8:07) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Outdoor Nevada- Horned Lizard (Available in Spanish) (4:32) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Outdoor Nevada - Night Lizards (Available in Spanish) (3:10) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Outdoor Nevada - Gila Monster (Available in Spanish) (3:55) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - HHMI Biointeractive - Anol Lizards and Speciation (2:27) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - When Lizards Took Over the World (8:29) - VIEW

Watch 

SCIGIRLS - Super Sensors
Sunday, 8/14 from 9-9:30 am NHPBS
Inspired by high-tech NASA sensor technology, Rihighna and her friends design and code wildlife cameras to capture images of the animals in their neighborhood. SciGirls Streaming Video in English and Spanish

EUROPE'S NEW WILD - Return of the Titans
Sunday, 8/14 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Travel to the Carpathian Mountains and beyond, where Europe's most iconic species are thriving. The reintroduction of European bison signals a wildlife comeback, while just beyond the mountains, gray wolves stage an astonishing return. EUROPE'S NEW WILD Streaming Video in English and Spanish

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339