Thanksgiving, Turkeys, Statistics, and Bill Nye - November 27
Learning That Adds Up
Thursday, November 27, 2025
Today is Thanksgiving, National Day of Mourning, Bavarian Cream Pie Day, Electric Guitar Day, Pie in the Face Day, and Turtle Adoption Day.
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE
1746 - Founding Father Robert R. Livingston from New York was born on this date in 1746. He was on the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence.
On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Thanksgiving, Turkeys, Statistics, and Bill Nye
- 1839 - The American Statistical Association is founded in Boston, MA.
- 1924 - The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held in New York City.
- 1978 - San Francisco mayor George Moscone and gay rights activist and city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
- 1701 - Swedish scientist and mathematician Anders Celsius
- 1809 - English actor and writer Fanny Kemble
- 1909 - Writer James Agee
- 1940 - Actor and martial arts expert Bruce Lee
- 1942 - Musician Jimi Hendrix
- 1951 - Director Kathryn Bigelow
- 1955 - Science Guy Bill Nye
- 1960 - Children's author and illustrator Kevin Henkes
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Do the Turkey Gobble Wobble with Elmo and Abby (1:53) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - T is for Turkey (1:20) - VIEW
- Grades 3-4 - PBS LearningMedia -Wild Kratts - Secret Turkey Lurk (1:45) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-4 - PBS LearningMedia -Wild Kratts - Activate Turkey Power (2:03) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-4 - PBS LearningMedia -Wild Kratts - Who Are You Calling Turkey? (2:21) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Phasianidae - Pheasants, Turkeys, Grouse - READ
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Tracking Turkeys (7:31) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - When Turkeys Attack (2:35) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - My Life as a Turkey - Turkey's Basic Instinct (Available in Spanish) (3:27) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - My Life as a Turkey - Turkey Talk (Available in Spanish) (2:38) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - My Life as a Turkey - An Imprinting Experiment (6:50) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Animal Adaptations: Brush Turkey Mounds (5:18) - VIEW and DO
THEME: Thanksgiving
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Celebrate Thanksgiving Collection (26:48) - VIEW
- Grades 2-6 - PBS LearningMedia - All About the Holidays -Thanksgiving (Available in Spanish) (0:56) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Library of Congress - Thanksgiving Collection - VIEW and READ
- Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The First Official Thanksgiving Media Gallery - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 5-6 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - The Pilgrims: Alliance with Massasoit’s People and the First Thanksgiving (5:04) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - A History of Thanksgiving Interactive Lesson - DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - The Surprising Origin of Thanksgiving Foods (5:09) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Thanksgiving Through the Lens of Native Americans Today: Lesson Plan - VIEW, READ, DO
THEME: STATISTICS
- Grades 5-7 Professional Development - PBS LearningMedia - Statistics: Whirlybirds (19:33) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12 - Learner.org - Against All Odd: Inside Statistics - 36-part series - VIEW
THEME: BILL NYE
- Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Cooking with Bill Nye: Dependent and Independent Variables
- VIEW and DO - Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova Science Now: The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers - Bill Nye: Change the World (4:08) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Bill Nye: Scientific Thinking and Climate Change (7:15) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - POV - Bill Nye: Science Guy - Somewhere, Something Incredible (6:28) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Physics Girl - Should We Go to Mars with Bill Nye (9:04) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Firing Line - Bill Nye (26:46) - VIEW
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