Meteorites, Meteors, and Asteroids - November 30

Thursday, November 30, 2023

Today is Computer Security Day, Meth Awareness Day, Mousse Day, Mason Jar Day, Personal Space Day , and Stay Home Because You're Well Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Meteorites, Meteors, and Asteroids
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ON THIS DATE

• 1954 - In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the grapefruit-sized Hodges meteorite crashed through a roof and hit Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges, who was taking a nap. She was badly bruised but survived.
• 1979 - Pink Floyd released "The Wall" album.
• 1982 - Michael Jackson's album "Thriller" is released.
• 1993 - President Clinton signs the Brady bill.
• 1995 - President Clinton visits Northern Ireland.
• 2004 - Ken Jennings' winning streak on "Jeopardy!"  ends with 74 wins.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1485 - Italian poet Veronica Gambara
• 1667 - Irish satirist Jonathan Swift
• 1835 - Writer Mark Twain
• 1874 - U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill
• 1874 - Canadian author of Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery
• 1924 - Shirley Chisholm, politician, activist, and the first woman and first Black to run for the Democratic Party presidential nomination.
• 1929 - TV host and producer Dick Clark
• 1929 - Co-creator of Sesame Street Joan Ganz Cooney
• 1947 - Playwright David Mamet
• 1952 - Actor Mandy Patinkin
• 1965 - Actor and director Ben Stiller

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall - LISTEN
  

THEME: Meteorites, Meteors, and Asteroids

• Grades PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Ready Jet Go! - Asteroids, Meteors, and Meteorites (3:07) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Ready Jet GO! - Meteorite Test (1:57) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Ready Jet GO! - What is a Meteor Shower? (0:57) - VIEW
• Grades 3-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Asteroids and Comets Media Gallery - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-8 - STEM in 30 - Asteroid Redirect Mission (28:39) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NASA - A Visit to Asteroid Vesta Interactive - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Smithsonian Science How - Astrogeology: Meteorites and Spacecraft Missions (29:16) - VIEW
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Smithsonian Science How - Exploring the Solar System with Antarctic Meteorites (29:16) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Incoming! (24:42) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NOVA: Asteroid; Doomsday or Payday? - Mining Asteroids (4:59) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NOVA: Asteroid; Doomsday or Payday? - Protecting Earth from Asteroids (5:58)  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NASA - Asteroid Closely Passes Earth (Available in Spanish) (2:00) - VIEW, READ, DO

• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NASA - Swift and Hubble Probe an Asteroid Crash (Available in Spanish) (1:46) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia -  Occupation STEM -Tiffany Lockett, Lead System Engineer for the Solar Sail Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) Scout (5:54)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS Space Time - How Asteroid Mining Will Save Earth (10:37) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS Space Time - 5 Ways to Stop a Killer Asteroid (8:35) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Astronomy - Asteroids (11:32) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Astronomy - Meteors (11:21) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - How to Sample an Asteroid's Rocks, Without Landing On It (6:48) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Asteroid Mining: Our Ticket To Living Off Earth? (5:16) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets… OH MY!!! (7:08) - VIEW

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NHPBS EXPLORE - 11.2 Comcast (801) More Options

NATURE - Santa's Wild Home
Thursday, 11/30 from 2-3 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Get an intimate look into life in Lapland, fabled land of Santa Claus, and actual home of tenacious wildlife such as reindeer, wolverines, Brown bears, and more. NATURE Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 Comcast (965) More Options

AMERICA REFRAMED - Geographies of Kinship
Thursday, 11/30 from 8-9:30 pm NH WORLD
In this powerful tale about the rise of Korea's global adoption program, four adult adoptees return to their country of birth and recover the personal histories that were lost when they were adopted. AMERICA REFRAMED Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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