Mountains - December 11
High Altitude Learning
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Today is Kaleidoscope Day, International Mountain Day, Magnum P.I. Day, Have a Bagel Day, and National App Day.
Winter Resource of the Day: Spot On Science -
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: MOUNTAINS
ON THIS DATE
- 1816 - Indiana becomes the 19th state.
- 1936 - Britain's King Edward VIII abdicates the throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson.
- 1941 - Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
- 1946 - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is founded.
- 1972 - Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
- 1997 - Over 150 countries agree to address global climate change at a conference in Kyoto.
- 1803 - French composer Hector Berlioz
- 1843 - German microbiologist Robert Koch
- 1863 - Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon
- 1882 - NY mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia
- 1926 - Singer-songwriter Big Mama Thornton
- 1931 - Actor Rita Moreno
- 1943 - Politician John Kerry
John Denver - Rocky Mountain High - LISTEN- Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - LISTEN
- Climb Ev'ry Mountain Finale from The Sound of Music - LISTEN
- Hector Berlioz -
Symphonie Fantastique - Dream Of A Witches Sabbath - LISTEN Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton - LISTEN
- Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Mountain Goats (5:34) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 1-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Plum Landing - Discover the Mountains Collection - VIEW and DO
- Grades 1-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Plum Landing - Master the Mountains Collection - VIEW and DO
- Grades 1-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Earth to Blorb: Mountains! (2:19) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Pandas: Born to be Wild - Changing Seasons in the Mountains (4:00) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Geology and Mountains (2:42) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - The Grand Canyon: Ancient Mountains (Available in Spanish (1:46) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Making North America - Formation of the Ancestral Rockies (6:10) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Trying to Breathe on Mount Everest (3:34) - VIEW, READ, DO
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