Trains - August 29

Monday, August 29, 2022

• Today is Record Store Day, National Chop Suey Day, and International Day Against Nuclear Tests.
  
  
• 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: Fitness
  
  
• Sandwich of the Day: Tortas de Milanesa (Chicken Cutlett Sandwiches) with Mexican-Style Limeade 

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  TRAINS
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ON THIS DATE

• 1787 - Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
• 1831 - Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
• 1869 - The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
• 1958 - United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• 1966 - The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
• 1991 -  The Supreme Soviet, the parliament of the U.S.S.R., ends the  Communist Party.
• 1997 - Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
• 2005 -  Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast 

BIRTHDAYS

• 1913 - Baseball pitcher Jackie Mitchell
• 1915 - Actor Ingrid Bergman
• 1920 - Saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker
• 1923 - Director and producer Richard Attenborough
• 1936 - Politician John McCain
• 1946 - Long jumper Bob Beamon
• 1947 - Ethologist and author Temple Grandin
• 1958 - Singer-songwriter Michael Jackson
• 1967 - Supreme Court justice Neil Gorsuch

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Monkees - Last Train to Clarksville - LISTEN
• Gladys Knight & the Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia - LISTEN
• The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running - LISTEN
• The Clash - Train in Vain - LISTEN
• Cat Stevens - Peace Train - LISTEN
• O'Jays - Love Train - LISTEN
  Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train - LISTEN
• Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train - LISTEN
• Wabash Cannonball - Johnny Cash - LISTEN

THEME: Trains

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - 14 Trains (0:59)  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Train sings "Five By" (2:56)  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Dinosaur Train - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-3 - Curious George - Train Station Game - DO
• Grade 3-5 - Railroad Museum - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-7 - PBS Learning Media - End of Track (13:09) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - Mt. Washington Cog Railway: Climbing to the Clouds  (26:47) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Transcontinental Railroad (2:57) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Future of America's Past - Transcontinental (27:02)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Ken Burns in the Classroom - The West: Trans-Siberian Railroad: The Artillery of Heaven (7:23) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Ken Burns in the Classroom - The West: The Transcontinental Railroad (18:27) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Library of Congress: Teaching with Primary Sources - The Trans-Siberian Railroad - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - American Experience - The Transcontinental Railroad - READ
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - A Biography of America - The Transportation Revolution: Roads, Canals, and Railroads (26:40) - VIEW, READ, DO

Watch 

NHPBS  - 11.1   Comcast (802)   Live Stream   More Options
NHPBS EXPLORE  - 11.2   Comcast (801)   More Options
NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options
NH KIDS - 11.5  Schedule   Live Stream   More Options

XAVIER RIDDLE AND THE SECRET MUSEUM M-F 6 am and 4:30 pm NHPBS
8/29 - I Am James Naismith/I Am Temple Grandin - VIEW
XAVIER RIDDLE Streaming Video, Games, and Activities

WILD KRATTS M-F 7:30 am and 3:30 pm NHPBS
8/29 - City Hoppers!
WILD KRATTS Streaming Video, Games, and Activities

HERO ELEMENTARY M-F 8 am and 3 pm NHPBS
8/29 - Sara Loses Her Snap / A Soupie Mystery
HERO ELEMENTARY Streaming Video, Games, and Activities

LET"S GO LUNA M-F 2:30 pm NHPBS
8/29 - Monster Park!/Meet The Strongs (Rome, Italy)

NATURE: The Bat Man of Mexico
Monday, 8/29 from 8-9 am NH WORLD
An ecologist tracks the Lesser Long-nosed bat's epic migration across Mexico, braving hurricanes, snakes, Mayan tombs, and seas of cockroaches, in order to save the species and the tequila plants they pollinate. NATURE Streaming Video

FORCES OF NATURE - Motion
Monday, 8/29 from 11 am-12 pm NH WORLD
The forces of nature have kept Earth on the move since it was formed billions of years ago. Though we can't feel the motion, we experience the consequences - from tidal bores surging through the Amazon rainforest to the ruinous power of hurricanes. FORCES OF NATURE Streaming Video

PLANET CALIFORNIA - Rivers of Gold
Monday, 8/29 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
California is a land of extremes - tallest, deepest, highest, hottest. But in a rapidly changing and thirsty world, drought, dams and fire pose dire threats to an ecosystem connected by rivers on land, in the air and in the sea. PLANET CALIFORNIA Streaming Video

PLANET CALIFORNIA - Close Encounters
Monday, 8/29 from 3-4 pm NH WORLD
Hollywood may captivate, but in one of the most biologically diverse places on Earth, the real stars of California - a wild and spectacular cast of creatures in the sea and on land, from blue whales to burrowing owls - are ready for their close-up. PLANET CALIFORNIA Streaming Video

THE BURREN: HEART OF STONE - Symphony of Life
Monday, 8/29 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Explore the natural cycles of the seasons in the Burren. Discover spectacular scenes from the natural world, prehistoric Celtic rainforests, formations of rocks and underground caverns, disappearing lakes, and see the wildlife that inhabits this mysterious landscape. THE BURREN: HEART OF STONE Streaming Video

THE BURREN: HEART OF STONE - Song of Our Ancestors
Monday, 8/29 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
What did Ireland look like when the nomadic hunters arrived? Who lived in Ireland in prehistoric times? Did prehistoric farmers irreversibly alter the landscape? And is modern Irish society descended from those who lived there more than 10,000 years ago? THE BURREN: HEART OF STONE Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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