Florida Everglades - December 6
Tropical Wetland Learning (with Gators)
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Today is St. Nicholas Day, Microwave Oven Day, Earmuffs Day, World Pear Day, and National Gazpacho Day
Winter Resource of the Day: Elinor Wonders Why: Winter Camouflage
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE
1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
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 LearningMedia - 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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