Grouches, Handwashing, Mushrooms, and Fossils - October 15

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Today is Global Handwashing Day, I Love Lucy Day, National Grouch Day, Hagfish Day, Mushroom Day, National Fossil Day, and Take Your Parents to Lunch Day.

Wild Animal Month Cam of the Day: Monterey Bay Aquarium Spider Crab Cam
Dessert Month Dessert of the Day: Maple Walnut Stuffed Baked Apples
LGBT History Month Resource of the Day: L.A. A Queer History: Episode Two - Protests and Parades

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1781 – The Battle of Raft Swamp marks the last battle fought in North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War with a Patriot victory. It occurred four days before the British surrender at Yorktown.

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Grouches, Handwashing, Mushrooms, and Fossils

ON THIS DATE

• 1783 - The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent.
• 1860 - Eleven-year-old Grace Bedell wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, saying he would look better with a beard.
• 1954 - Hurricane Hazel hits the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95.
• 1966 - Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale form the Black Panther Party.

BIRTHDAYS

• 70 BC - Roman poet Virgil
• 1844 - German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
• 1920 - Author Mario Puzo
• 1943 - Actor and director Penny Marshall
• 1959 - Chef Emeril Lagasse

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand  - LISTEN
• Fifth Dimension - Up Up & Away, My Beautiful Balloon - LISTEN
  
• Science with Don - Fossil Rock Anthem - LISTEN

THEME: GROUCHES

• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Grouchology Song (1:03)  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Bill Hader is Grouchy (2:26)  - VIEW
• Grade PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - The Reading Room - The Grouchy Ladybug (27:00) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street -  Oscar's Rotten Ride Game - DO
• Grades PreK-12 - Sesame Street - Oscar and Johnny Cash - Nasty Dan (2:10) - VIEW

THEME: HANDWASHING

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Washy Wash Song: How to Wash Your Hands (0:30) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Step-by-Step Handwashing with Elmo Printable - DO
• Grades PreK-1 - Daniel Tiger - Germs Go Away (1:12) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Meet the Helpers - Wash You Hands (0:40) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-3 - Meet the Helpers - Washing Hands to Stay Healthy (0:50) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - Odd Squad - How To Wash Your Hands (1:00) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12- PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - Why Soap Is Still Our Best Weapon Against Coronavirus (13:12) - VIEW

THEME:  MUSHROOMS

• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - EcoSense for Living - The Secret Life of Mushrooms (9:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Deep Look - This Mushroom Starts Killing You Before You Even Realize It (3:31) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - Can Mushrooms Help to Save the Honeybees? (5:28) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Biology - Fungi: Death Becomes Them (11:50) - VIEW

THEME: FOSSILS

• Grades PreK-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Dinosaur Train - Fossil Finder - DO
• Grades PreK-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Dinosaur Train - All About Fossils (2:06) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Dinosaur Train - Footprints and Trackways (4:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-2 - Dinosaur Train - Dinosaur Discoveries - Fossils (1:41) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Nature Cat - Mammoth Fossil (3:15) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS Parents - Crafts for Kids - Homemade Fossils  - DO
• Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Dinosaurs with David Varricchio Collection (6:02)  - VIEW
• Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Outdoor Nevada - Fossil Hunting (6:07) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-6 - PBS LearningMedia -  Science Trek - Fossils: The Hagerman Horse (3:26) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Scientist Profile: Paleontologist (2:35) - VIEW
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia -  NC Science Now - Mystery Dino Science (6:23) - VIEW
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Smithsonian Science How - How Fossils Explain the Rise of Dinosaurs (29:14) - VIEW
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Smithsonian Science How -  Global Change: Reading Ocean Fossils (29:16) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - American Museum of Natural History - Meet the Paleontologists (2:45) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Becoming a Fossil (2:34) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Fossils: Rocking the Earth (2:08) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - Were These Monsters Inspired by Fossils? (12:18) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - How a Supervolcano Made the Cenozoic’s Coolest Fossils (9:24) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Most Useful Fossils In The World (5:48) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - Can We Get DNA From Fossils? (11;21)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Oddest Couple in the Fossil Record (8:48) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Prehistoric Roadtrip Series - VIEW 
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Regents Review 2.0 - Fossils Collection (7:15) - VIEW

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