Octopi and Bird Migration - October 8

Saturday, October 8, 2022

Today is National Children's Day, International Lesbian Day, National Salmon Day, National Perogi Day, National Salmon Day, World Octopus Day, World Migratory Bird Day, and National Fluffernutter Day.

October is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month, Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Dyslexia Awareness Month, Health Literacy Month, Pizza Month, National Dessert Month, National AIDS Awareness Month, Country Music Month, LGBT History Month, Bat Appreciation Month, World Animal Month, Bullying Prevention Month, and Raptor Month.

Animal Cam of the Day:  Oregon State University Octo Cam

Dessert of the Day: Pumpkin Spice Chewy Snickerdoodles

LGBT History Resource of the Day: The Pursuit: 50 Years in the Fight for LGBT Rights

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Octopi and Migratory Birds
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ON THIS DATE

• 1869 - Former president Franklin Pierce dies in Concord, N.H.
• 1871 - The Great Chicago Fire begins.
  1956 -  New York Yankees' Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series. Beating the Brooklyn Dodgers by a score of 2-0 in game five.
• 2001 - President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
• 2003 - Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected governor of California.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1920 - Dune author Frank Herbert
• 1930  - Artist Faith Ringgold
• 1941- Activist Jesse Jackson
• 1943 - Actor Chevy Chase
• 1943 - Author R. L. Stine
• 1949 - Actor Sigourney Weaver
• 1964 - Singer-songwriter CeCe Winans
• 1970 - Actor Matt Damon
• 1985 - Singer Bruno Mars
• 1997 - Actor Bella Thorne

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Bruno Mars - Don't Give Up - LISTEN
  
• The Beatles - Octopus's Garden - LISTEN

THEME: Octopi

• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - The Heaviest Catch (2:49) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - The Cat in the Hat - Coral Reef Camouflage (1:45) - VIEW
• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Octopus Power! (1:33) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Octo Explorer (1:51) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - All Tangled Up (2:11) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Scientist Profile: Octopus Trainer (2:09) - VIEW
  
• Grades 4-5 - NHPBS NatureWorks - Squid and Octopus - READ
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NOAA - Octopus Moving Along the Ocean Floor (1:34) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Big Pacific: Mysterious (53:36) -VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - The Fierce Humboldt Squid (10:02) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Shape of Life - Molluscs: Octopus Camouflage (2:13) -  VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Shape of Life - Molluscs: Blue-Ringed Octopus Warning Coloration (0:59) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - My Date with a Giant Pacific Octopus (3:07) - VIEW
  
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video -  Nature -  Octopus: Making Contact (53:14)) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12- NHPBS Video - Nature - Octopus Dreaming (1:48) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12- NHPBS Video -  Nature -  Can a Teenager Befriend an Octopus (1:57) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12- NHPBS Video -  Nature -  An Octopus' Coconut Home (2:29) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - If Your Hands Could Smell, You’d Be an Octopus (3:12) -VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - SciTech Now - Living Like an Octopus (5:27) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Biology - Simple Animals: Sponges, Jellies, & Octopuses (11:30) - VIEW

THEME: BIRD MIGRATION

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - It's a Habitat Song with Lin-Manuel Miranda (1:10) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS Kids - Hibernate - Migrate Song (1:02) - VIEW
• Grades K-12 - Mississippi River Flyway Cam -VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Plum Landing - Migration Challenge - DO
• Grades K-3 - Ready Jet Go! - Bird Migration (2:52) - VIEW
• Grades K-6  - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Bird Migration (5:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-8 - NHPBS - NatureWorks - Migration - READ and DO
• Grades 4-8 - NHPBS - NatureWorks - Migration (14:46) - VIEW
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia -Nature - Earth Navigators: Arctic Summer (Available in Spanish) (2:52) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature- Extraordinary Birds: Little Brain, Big Journey
  (Available in Spanish) (2:41) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Habitat Earth - Why Do Birds Migrate? (1:00) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Now - The Great Migration (8:59) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Quest - The Great Migration (10:17) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Untamed  - Bird Migration (25:58) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Flight Path: The World of Migratory Birds (56:45) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Journey of the Broad-Winged Hawk (59:00) - VIEW

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RICK STEVES ART OF EUROPE - Ancient Rome
Saturday, 10/8 from 9-10 am NHPBS
The Romans gave Europe its first taste of a common culture-and awe-inspiring art. From its groundbreaking architecture to its statues, mosaics, and frescos, Rome engineered bigger and better than anyone before. At its peak, the Roman Empire was a society of unprecedented luxury, with colossal arenas for entertaining the masses and giant monuments to egotistical emperors. And then it fell.

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SCIGIRLS - Horsing Around
Saturday, 10/8 from 7:30-8 am NHPBS EXPLORE
SciGirl Zoe and her friends pony up some science to select the best horse for a riding competition. SciGirls Streaming Video in English and Spanish

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS - Japanese Breakfast/Arlo Parks
Saturday, 10/8 from 11 pm - 12 am NHPBS EXPLORE
ACL spotlights a pair of 2022 Grammy Best New Artist nominees: Japanese Breakfast, featuring acclaimed indie singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner, perform songs from their breakthrough Jubilee; sharing the hour with 21-year-old British singer-songwriter Arlo Parks in a soaring set filled with numbers from her Mercury Prize-winning Collapsed in Sunbeams. AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Streaming Video

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P.O.V. - The Songs of the Butterflies
Saturday, 10/8 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Indigenous painter Rember Yahuarcani pursues a successful career in Lima, but when he finds himself in a creative rut, he returns home to his Amazonian community and discovers why his ancestors' stories cannot be forgotten. P.O.V. Streaming Video

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