Grand Canyon - February 26
Deep and Layered Learning
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Today is Carpe Diem Day, Bacon Day, Pistachio Day, Maha Shivaratri, and Fairy Tale Day.
Black History Month Resource of the Day: Origin of Everything: Why Do We Say African American?
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: The Grand Canyon
ON THIS DATE
- 1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.
- 1919 - President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
- 1970 - National Public Radio is incorporated.
- 1993 - A bomb explodes in the garage of the World Trade Center in New York, killing six and injuring over 1,000.
- 2012 - Travon Martin, 17, is shot to death in Sanford, Florida by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman.
- 1564 - English playwright and poet Christopher Marlowe
- 1802 - French writer Victor Hugo
- 1829 - Businessman and jean designer Levi Strauss
- 1846 - Showman Buffalo Bill
- 1908 - Animator Tex Avery
- 1928 - Singer-songwriter Fats Domino
- 1932 - Singer-songwriter Johnny Cash
- 1950 - New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark
- 1953 - Singer-songwriter Michael Bolton
- 1971 - Singer-songwriter Erykah Badu
- 1973 - Swimmer and former Dover, NH resident Jenny Thompson
- Grades PreK-12 - National Park Service - Grand Canyon Web Cams - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Nature Cat - Behold the Grand Canyon (3:20) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Nature Cat - How Did the Grand Canyon Get so Grand (3:33) - VIEW
- Grades 3-12 - National Park Service - Grand Canyon Learning Resources - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - The Grand Canyon - How It Formed (Available in Spanish) (3:41) -VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova -The Top Two Rock Layers (1:28) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Uncovering Layers of the Grand Canyon (4:51) (Available in Spanish) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 4-12 - National Park Service - Grand Canyon National Park - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - The Grand Canyon: Ancient Mountains (Available in Spanish) (1:46) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - The Grand Canyon: Evidence of Earth's Past (2:51) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - The Grand Canyon: Its Youngest Rocks (Available in Spanish) (2:01) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Beyond-the-Rim-100-Years-Grand-Canyon (40:31) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - How Does A Canyon Become Grand? (4:03) - VIEW
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