Mosquitoes, Honey Bees, and Radio - August 20

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Saturday, August 20, 2022

  • Today is Lemonade Day, National Bacon Lover's Day, National Honey Bee Day, National Radio Day, and World Mosquito 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: Youth Mental Health

  • Sandwich of the Day: Open-Faced Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Apple and Bacon

  • Lemonade of the Day: Strawberry Lemonade

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Mosquitoes, Honey Bees, and Radio
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ON THIS DATE

BIRTHDAYS

SONGS OF THE DAY 

  • Joni Mitchell - You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio - LISTEN
  • Queen - Radio GaGa - LISTEN
  • REM - Radio Song - LISTEN
  • Rush - The Spirit of Radio - LISTEN
  • Steely Dan - FM (No Static At All) - LISTEN
  • Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio - LISTEN
  • Tom Petty - Honey Bee - LISTEN
  • Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft - LISTEN
  • Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven - LISTEN

THEME: MOSQUITOES

  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Covering Up From Mosquitoes (0:35) - VIEW
  • Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Ouch! (2:02) - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Seasonal Science - Asian Tiger Mosquito (2:14) - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Gross Science - Could We Rid the World of Mosquitoes? (5:27) - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Deep Look - This Dangerous Mosquito Lays Her Armored Eggs in Your House (3:50) - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Frontline - Mosquito Hunter (11:55) - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Above the Noise - Can Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Help Fight Disease? (5:29) - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - I Contain Multitudes - Mosquitoes Might SAVE Lives, Thanks To Bacteria (9:04) - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Reinventors - Fighting Mosquitoes with Frickin' Laser Beams (4:19) - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Spillover - Genetically Modified Mosquitoes (8:24) - VIEW

THEME:  HONEY BEES

  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - B is for Bees (1:39) - VIEW
  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo' s World - Bees (5:20) - VIEW
  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Baby Bear and Bees (1:48) - VIEW
  • PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Let's Learn Bees and Pollination (11:52) - VIEW
  • PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Let's Learn The Thing About Bees (12:11) - VIEW
  • Grades PreK-4 - Wild Kratts - Follow That Bee (2:48) - VIEW
  • Grades K-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - What's the Buzz about Bees? (5:26) - VIEW
  • Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Learning Media - Wild TV - Bees (5:08) - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Learning Media - Things Explained - What's Happening to All the Bees? Bees (4:18) - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - Did You Know That Honey is Really Bee Puke? (2:24) - VIEW
  • Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Disappearance of the Bees - What's the Impact? (5:31) - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Bounty of Bees (3:51) - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Lens of Time - Bumper Bees (5:52) - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - It's OK to Be Smart - Why Are the Bees Dying? (4:01) - VIEW

ThemeRADIO

  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Martians Radio (2:24) - VIEW
  • Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Radio Station Field Trip (8:19) - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Library of Congress - Teaching with Primary Sources - The Golden Age of Radio - READ, LISTEN, VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Youth Radio Collection - VIEW, LISTEN, READ, DO
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Country Music - The Impact of Radio (3:17) - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Career Connections: Radio Host (6:08) - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - NASA -Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum: Radio Waves (3:38) - VIEW, READ, DO
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Theater of the Mind Radio Dramas  - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Roosevelts - Radio During World War II: Pacific Front (4:02) - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1:51:56) - VIEW

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