Pluto and Vesuvius - August 24

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

• Today is Can Opener Day, International Strange Music Day, Pluto Demoted Day, Vesuvius Day, shooting Star Day, National Waffle Day, and National Peach Pie 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: Arthur Family Health: Peanut Allergies
• Sandwich of the Day: Rollwiches

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Pluto and Vesuvius
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ON THIS DATE

• 79 - Mount Vesuvius erupts, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing an estimated 20,000 people.
• 1814 - British troops invade Washington, DC, and burns the White House along with other buildings.
• 1932 - Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly nonstop across the US.
• 1960 - Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
• 1989 - Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling.
• 2006 - The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet", stripping Pluto of its planet status.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1591 - English poet Robert Herrick
• 1724 - English painter George Stubbs
• 1899 - Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges
• 1905 - Singer-songwriter Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
• 1922 - Historian and author Howard Zinn
• 1929 - Politician and 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority Yasser Arafat
• 1965 - Actor Marlee Matlin
• 1973 - Comedian Dave Chappelle

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Gustav Holst - Pluto: The Renewer - LISTEN
• Bjork - Pluto - LISTEN
• Sufjan Stevens - Pluto - LISTEN
• Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right - LISTEN
• Joni Mitchell - Amelia - LISTEN

THEME: PLUTO

• Grades PreK-3 - Ready Jet Go!  - Dear Little Frozen Pluto (1:07)  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Ready Jet Go!  - Pluto is Not a Planet (1:44) - VIEW
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Is Pluto a Planet? (6:06) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Chasing Pluto - (53:07)- VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Why Study Pluto and Dwarf Planets? (5:54) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - NASA - Changing Views of Pluto (Available in Spanish) (5:16) - VIEW, READ, DO 
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - NASA - Pluto, A Dwarf Planet in the Kuiper Belt (4:58) - VIEW, READ, DO 
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS Space Time - Is Pluto a Planet? (14:03) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - The Planets: Ice Worlds (52:48) - VIEW 
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - What Has New Horizons Taught Us About Pluto? (5:55) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Star Gazers - What Happened To Pluto? (3:40) - VIEW

THEME: VESUVIUS

• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - The Next Pompeii: Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes (Available in Spanish) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - The Next Pompeii: Using Waves to Study Volcanoes (Available in Spanish) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Volcanologists Descend into Mt Vesuvius' Crater (2:58) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Rick Steve's Europe - Naples and Pompeii (25:05) - VIEW
  

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• SUPERNATURE: WILD FLYERS - Defying Gravity
  Wednesday, 8/24 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
  Explore the basic principles of flight to see how animals become airborne in the first place. From leapers to gliders and those that effortlessly fly for hours, each creature has special techniques. But all must overcome a powerful force - gravity. SUPERNATURE: WILD FLYERS Streaming Video
  
  
• SUPERNATURE: WILD FLYERS - Masters of the Sky
  Wednesday, 8/24 from 3-4 pm NH WORLD
  Many animals take to the skies for a split second, but to stay there, the planet's strongest flyers push the laws of physics to the limit. Explore the extremes of true flight: power, acceleration, top speed, maneuverability, and endurance. SUPERNATURE: WILD FLYERS Streaming Video
  
  
• SUPERNATURE: WILD FLYERS - Crowded Skies
  Wednesday, 8/24 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
  The sky is a crowded world where mammals, birds, and insects hunt, escape, mate, defend territory, sleep and even die on the wing. Survival up there depends not just on beating gravity or mastering flight, but also out-flying the competition. SUPERNATURE: WILD FLYERS Streaming Video
  
  
• P.O.V. - Through the Night
  Wednesday, 8/24 from 8-9:30 pm NH WORLD
  Explore the personal cost of our modern economy through the stories of two working mothers and a childcare provider, whose lives intersect at a 24-hour daycare center in New Rochelle, New York. P.O.V Streaming Video
  
  
• FRONTLINE - Supreme Revenge
  Wednesday, 8/24 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
  The conservative takeover of the Supreme Court paved the way to overturning Roe v. Wade. How a partisan political war, led by Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump, transformed the highest court with far-reaching consequences for the country. FRONTLINE Streaming Video

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Director of Communications
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