Isaac Newton - January 4

Thursday, January 4, 2024

Today is National Trivia Day, World Braille Day, World Hypnotism Day, and National Spaghetti Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Isaac Newton

ON THIS DATE

• 1896 - Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state
• 2007 - The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history

BIRTHDAYS

• 1634 - English physicist Isaac Newton
• 1746 - Physician and founding father Benjamin Rush
• 1785 - German philologist and mythologist Jacob Grimm
• 1809 - French educator Louis Braille
• 1960 - Singer-songwriter Michael Stipe

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Little Eva - The Locomotion - LISTEN
  
• REM - Stand - LISTEN
• REM - Shiny Happy People - LISTEN

THEME:  Isaac Newton

• Grades 1-2- PBS LearningMedia - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Isaac Newton Reader - READ and DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Design Squad Nation - Newton's Third Law (1:03)  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Force and Motion (2:59) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Newton's First Law (2:10) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Newton's Second Law (2:30) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Newton's Third Law (1:29) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Segway Technology: What's Newton Got to Do with It? (8:12) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 8-12 - PBS LearningMedia -  Physics in Motion - Newton's Third Law (6:54) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Crash Course Physics - Newton's Laws (11:03) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia -Nova - A Complicated Man - READ
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearingMedia - Fast Forward - Teachable Moment: Newton's First Law (0:52) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

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