Polar Bears and Strawberries - February 27

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Today is National Strawberry Day, International Polar Bear Day, Kahlua Day, Retro Day, Pokemon Day, and Chilli Day.

Black History Month Resource of the Day: PBS Parents: Celebrating Black History

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Polar Bears and Strawberries

ON THIS DATE

• 1801 - Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
• 1812 - Poet Lord Byron gives a speech in the House of Lords, defending Luddites in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
• 1844 - The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
• 1940 - Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14, and dinosaurs can no longer lie about their age.
• 1951 - The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.

BIRTHDAYS

• 272 - Roman emperor Constantine the Great
• 1807 - Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• 1847 - English actor Ellen Terry
• 1869 - Physician and research scientist Alice Hamilton
• 1886 - Politician and Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black
• 1897 - Singer Marian Anderson
• 1902 - Author John Steinbeck
• 1907 - Jazz singer Mildred Bailey
• 1932 - Actor  Elizabeth Taylor
• 1934 - Politician and activist Ralph Nader
• 1942 - Journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault
• 1958 - Politician and 81st governor of New Hampshire Maggie Hassan

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever - LISTEN
• The Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermint - LISTEN
• Marian Anderson - Ave Maria - LISTEN
• Mildred Bailey - Georgia on My Mind - LISTEN

THEME: Polar Bears

• Grades PreK-2 - Let's Learn - Polar Bear's Underwear - (11:52) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - San Diego Zoo - Polar Bear Live Cam - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Mommy Rescue: Polar Bear and Walrus (2:20) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Polar Bears Don’t Dance (26:26) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Animal Adaptations: Polar Bear Paws Collection - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Polar Bears - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature Polar Bear Sneak Attack (2:08) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Polar Bear Mom Creates Avalanche to Save Family - (2:55) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - How Polar Bears Dry Off (1:26) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - Polar Bears International - READ, DO, VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Science Trek - Satellites: Counting Polar Bears from Space (1:05) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Sci Tech Now - The Daring Study of Polar Bears (8:24) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Bears of the Last Frontier: Arctic Wanderers - Climate Change Warning (Available in Spanish) (2:13) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Alaska - Saving A Species: Polar Bears (29:57) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Great Polar Bear Feast (54:41) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Sci NC - How Polar Bears Find Love at the Zoo (4:10) - VIEW

THEME: Strawberries

• PreK-K - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Growing Plants (1:02) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Can You Extract DNA from a Strawberry? (2:29) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Now - Strawberry Fields Forever (6:57)  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - These Mites Rain Down To Save Your Strawberries (4:12) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Viewfinder - The Sweet History of California Strawberries - (26:55) - VIEW

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