Clams (and Other Bivalves) - February 25
Learning on a Half Shell
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Today is National Clam Chowder Day and National Chocolate-Covered Nuts Day.
Black History Month Resource of the Day: Hiram Revels
- U.S. House of Representatives - Hiram Revels
- U.S. Senate - Hiram Revels: First African American Senator
- Freedom: A History of Us - Hiram Revels
- Corey Booker and the First Black Senators
- The 15th Amendment: African Americans in Congress
- Time - The History You Didn't Learn - The Black Politicians of Reconstruction
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Clams and Other Bivalves
ON THIS DATE
- 1870 - Hiram Revels (R) Mississippi is sworn in as the first Black U.S. senator.
- 1901 - United States Steel Corporation is incorporated by J.P. Morgan.
- 1964 - Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) defeats Sonny Liston and becomes the heavyweight boxing champion.
- 1670 - German astronomer and mathematician Maria Margarethe Kirch
- 1841 - French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- 1873 - Singer Enrico Caruso
- 1901 - Actor Zeppo Marx
- 1906 - Playwright Mary Coyle Chase
- 1943 - English guitarist and singer-songwriter George Harrison
- Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper - LISTEN
- Enrico Caruso - O Sole Mio - LISTEN
- Enrico Caruso - Santa Lucia - LISTEN
George Harrison - I Got My Mind Set On You - LISTEN- Concert for George - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - LISTEN
- Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne, Dhani Harrison 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - LISTEN
THEME: Clams and Other Bivalves
- Grades PreK-1 - Splash and Bubble - Get Your Feet Wet: Oysters (1:26) - VIEW
- Grades 2-12 - PBS LearningMedia -Clam Movement Video (1:34) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV -Scientist Profile: Glue-ologist (1:56) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Jonathan Bird's Blue World - Killer Clams (6:46) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Dissection 101 - Detailed Clam Dissection Video (17:59) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Oyster Reef - In the Grass, On the Reef Media Gallery - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Library of Congress - Teaching with Primary Sources - The Oyster Wars - READ and VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - EcoSense for Living - The Lowly Oyster Cleans Up (5:22) - VIEW and DO
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