The Space Shuttle and Birds - January 5

Friday, January 5, 2024

Today is National Screenwriters Day, National Whipped Cream Day, and National Bird Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Space Shuttle and Birds

ON THIS DATE

• 1914 - The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 per day.
• 1925 - Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the U.S..
• 1953 - Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett premieres in Paris.
• 1972 - President Richard Nixon orders the development of the space shuttle.
• 1973 - Bruce Springsteen's debut album, "Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.," is released

BIRTHDAYS

• 1931 - Dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey
• 1931 - Actor Robert Duvall
• 1946 - Actor Diane Keaton

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Bruce Springsteen - Blinded By the Light - LISTEN
  
• Beatles - Blackbird - LISTEN
• Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle - LISTEN
• The Jackson Five - Rockin' Robin - LISTEN
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird - LISTEN

THEME:  Space Shuttle

• Grades K-4 - Ready Jet Go! - Endeavor (1:45) - VIEW
• Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Barbara Morgan, Educator in Space (7:10) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NASA - Space Shuttle - VIEW and READ
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Shuttle Tile (2:38) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Mission Control - Shuttle Era and Life Systems (14:57)  - VIEW 
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia -Barbara Morgan: No Limits (48:52) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Lessons From the Space Shuttle Challenger Tragedy (18:30)  -VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearingMedia - NASA - Making Space Shuttle Tiles  (5:10) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - NASA - Booster Recovery Divers (4:33) - VIEW and DO
• Grade 9-12 - NHPBS Video - University Place - The Space Shuttle Columbia Accident (1:06:07) - VIEW

THEME:  BIRDS

• Grades PreK-12 - Cornell Labs Bird Cams - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Audubon Bird Cams - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - NH Audubon - Perigrine Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Loon Preservation Committee - Loon Cam - LIVE 
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS Instructional Video - Up Close and Natural - What is a Bird? (13:51) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS Learning Media - You at the Zoo - To Be a Bird (4:41)- VIEW and DO
  
• Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Birds of Prey (4:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Bird Migration (5:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Birds of a Feather Clips - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-5- PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Dances with Birds  Clips - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Birds - READ
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Scientist Profile: Neurobiologist (2:02) - VIEW
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - The World's Smallest Bird -  Cuba's Wild Revolution (4:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Bird Migration (25:58) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Water Birds (26:45) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Gross Science - Can Bird Poop Make Clouds? (3:55) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Introduction to Birding - Birding 101 with Sheridan Alford (3:20) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - First-Time Birders - Birding 101 with Sheridan Alford (3:00)- VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Birding Tips and Tricks - Birding 101 with Sheridan Alford (3:07) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Birds Are Living Dinosaurs (5:24) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - NHPBS - Counting On Birds (56:46)  - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - NHPBS - Bird Tales (56:35) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - NHPBS - Plight of the Grassland Birds (56:45) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Eons - When Birds Had Teeth (11:29)- VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Eons -The Time Terror Birds Invaded (5:32) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - Why Are Birds Different Colors? (4:13) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - Why Don't Birds Lay Square Eggs? (7:21) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

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