Moon Exploration - September 14

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

• Today is Eat a Hoagie Day, Live Creative Day, National Coloring Day, Support Latino Business Day,  and National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day.
  
  
• September is National Square Dancing Month, National Food Safety Education Month, Classical Music Month, Library Card Sign-up Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Save A Tiger Month, College Savings Month, and Be Kind To Editors & Writers Month.
  
  
• Hispanic/Latino Resource of the Day: SciGirls (In English and Spanish)
  
  
• Classical Music Resource of the Day: Sesame Street - Yo Yo Ma - The Jam Session

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  MOON EXPLORATION
Watch

ON THIS DATE

• 1741 - George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio, Messiah.
• 1814 - Francis Scott Key writes the poem "Defense of Fort Henry" which becomes the lyrics to the "Star-Spangled Banner."
• 1901 - President William McKinley dies from his wounds after being shot on  September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz.  He is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
• 1959 - The Soviet space probe Luna 2 becomes the first man-made object to reach the moon when it crashes into the moon.
• 2001 -  President George W. Bush tours the ruins at the World Trade Center and addresses the crowd via bullhorn from atop the rubble.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1857 - Suffragist Alice Stone Blackwell
• 1879 - Birth control advocate Margaret Sanger
• 1983 - English singer Amy Winehouse

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon - LISTEN
• The Police - Walking On The Moon - LISTEN
  
• REM - Man On the Moon - LISTEN
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising - LISTEN
• Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon - LISTEN
• Cat Stevens - Moonshadow - LISTEN
• Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade - LISTEN
• Sarah Vaughan - Moon  River - LISTEN
• Billie Holiday- Blue Moon - LISTEN
• The Marcels - Blue Moon - LISTEN
• Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys - Blue Moon of Kentucky - LISTEN
• Elvis Presley - Blue Moon of Kentucky - LISTEN
• Claude DeBussy - Clair de Lune - LISTEN
• David Bowie - Space Oddity - LISTEN
  
• Elton John - Rocket Man - LISTEN
• Royal Choral Society - Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah - LISTEN
  

THEME: THE MOON

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - I Don't Want to Live On the Moon (Original) (2:38) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - I Don't Want to Live On the Moon (Animated) (2:58) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - I Don't Want to Live on the Moon with Ernie (Lennon and Maisy) (2:54) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cookie Monster Thinks the Moon is a Cookie featuring Buzz Aldrin (54:53) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - NHPBS Video - Crafts for Kids - Make a Moon Phase Box (2:45) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - Ready Jet Go!  - Landing on the Moon (1:16) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Ready Jet Go! - Why does the Moon Change Shape? (1:45) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Ready Jet Go! - My Moon Journal - DO
• Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Journey to the Moon (6:11) - VIEW
  
• Grades 3-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Moon Phases Simulation Viewed From Earth and Space  (Available in Spanish) -  DO
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - STEM in 30 -Voyage to the Moon: 50 Years Ago and Today (28:29) - VIEW
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia - STEM in 30 - Moon Rocks (31:09) - VIEW
  
• Grades 5-12 - NASA - The Moon - VIEW and READ
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Phases of the Moon (Available in Spanish) - DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Back to the Moon (53:38) - VIEW
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Back to the Moon - Finding Water on the Lunar Surface (3:31) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - The Road to Apollo: An Interactive Journey - DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience -  Chasing the Moon - Sputnik’s Launch Begins the Space Race (5:55) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Quest - NASA Ames Rocket to the Moon (11:41) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Origin of the Moon (Available in Spanish) (3:56) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - Apollo’s Most Important Discovery: Inside NASA’s Moon Rock V (10:22) - VIEW
  
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - Why We Should Put Rockets on the Moon (11:30) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - 8 Days to the Moon and Back - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Moonwalk (29:43) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Astronomy - Moon Phases (9:45) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - NASA - Evolution of the Moon (Available in Spanish) (2:32) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - NASA - Meet ATHLETE, a Moon Rover (3:15) - 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

P.O.V. - Pier Kids
Wednesday, 9/14 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Follow the Black, homeless queer, and trans youth who call NY's Christopher Street Pier their home as they withstand tremendous amounts of homophobia and discrimination while working to carve out autonomy and security in their lives. P.O.V. Streaming Video

NATURE:- The Leopard Legacy
Wednesday, 9/14 from 8-9 pm NHPBS
Follow the story of a leopard mother as she raises her cubs near the Luangwa River, facing a constant battle to hunt successfully, defend her territory and protect her cubs against enemies. NATURE Streaming Video

LION: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE MARSH PRIDE
Wednesday, 9/14 from 9-10:30 pm NHPBS
Follow the epic story of the Marsh pride of lions as it battles for survival in Kenya's Maasai Mara Reserve. This is a powerful tale of shifting loyalties, bloody takeovers, complex family dynamics, and sheer resilience. LION: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE MARSH PRIDE Streaming Video

NOVA - Nature's Fear Factor
Wednesday, 9/14 from 10:30-11:30 pm NHPBS
When top predators disappeared from Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park, other animals fell into unusual patterns. Now scientists are reintroducing wild dogs to restore the park's "landscape of fear" and with it the natural balance of the ecosystem. NOVA Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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