Static Electricity - January 9

Thursday, January 9, 2025

Today is International Choreographers Day, National Balloon Ascension Day, National Apricot Day, and 
National Static Electricity Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Static Electricity

ON THIS DATE

• 1431 - The trial of Joan of Arc begins in Rouen
• 1788 - Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the Constitution.
• 1861 - Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union.
• 2007 - Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the iPhone.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1859 - Activist and founder of the  League of Women Voters, Carrie Chapman Catt
• 1875 - Sculptor and art patron Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
• 1879 - Psychologist John B. Watson
• 1908 - French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir
• 1913 - 37th President Richard Nixon
• 1941 - Singer-songwriter Joan Baez
• 1944 - English guitarist and songwriter Jimmy Page

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust - LISTEN
• Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song - LISTEN

THEME: Static Electricity

• PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sid the Science Kid -Slide to the Side (3:37) - VIEW
• Grade 2 - PBS LearningMedia - Static Interactive - READ and DO
• Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Testing for Static Electricity (4:19) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Static Electricity: Snap, Crackle, Jump (2:50) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - DIY Science Time - Static Electricity (26:39) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Electric Girl (3:07) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Body Electricity (4:28) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Physics - Electric Charge (9:31) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Physics in Motion - An Introduction to  Electricity (7:38) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 8-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Physics in Motion - Static Electricity (9:28) - VIEW and DO

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Director of Communications
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