Static Electricity - January 9
Learning That Will Make Your Hair Stand on End
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
- 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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