Florida Everglades - December 6
Tropical Wetland Learning (with Gators)
Friday, December 6, 2024
Today is St. Nicholas Day, Microwave Oven Day, Faux Fur Friday, and National Gazpacho Day
Winter Resource of the Day: Elinor Wonders Why: Winter Camouflage
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Florida Everglades
ON THIS DATE
- 1877 - The first edition of The Washington Post is published.
- 1884 - The Washington Monument is completed.
- 1907 - 362 men and boys die in a coal mine explosion in Monongah, W.Va.
- 1917 - Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
- 1923 - President Calvin Coolidge delivers the first presidential address on the radio.
- 1933 - U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.
- 1947 - The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated
- 1878 - Mexican politician Elvia Carrillo Puerto
- 1886 - Poet Joyce Kilmer
- 1896 - Songwriter Ira Gershwin
- 1898 - Photojournalist Alfred Eisenstaedt
- 1908 - Gangster Baby Face Nelson
- 1920 - Pianist and composer Dave Brubeck
- 1967 - Producer and director Judd Apatow
- Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Zoom - An Everglades Visit (2:54) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild TV - Everglades: Pig Frog (6:25) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia -DragonflyTV - Weevils (5:18) - VIEW
- Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Florida's Everglades: The River of Grass Interactive Lesson - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LerningMedia - The National Parks - Marjorie Stoneman Douglas and the Florida Everglades (14:26) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - EarthSky - Upmanu Lall Uses Climate Models to Help Restore Everglades (8:00) - LISTEN
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Battleground Everglades Series - VIEW
- Grades 10-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - The Swamp - Impact of 1928 Hurricane on Everglades Migrant Workers (6:01) - VIEW and DO
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