Flowers - February 28

Friday, February 28, 2025

Today is Floral Design Day, Linus Pauling Day, National Science Day, Tooth Fairy Day, and National Chocolate Souffle Day.

Black History Month Resource of the Day: PBS LearningMedia - The Black Church

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Flowers

ON THIS DATE

• 1827 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America to offer commercial transportation of people and freight.
• 1983 - The final episode of M*A*S*H  airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
• 1991 - The first Gulf War ends.
• 2013 - Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1901 -Chemist  and activist  Linus Pauling
• 1948 - Actor Bernadette Peters

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Kingston Trio - Where Have All the Flowers Gone - LISTEN
• Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn - LISTEN
• The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup - LISTEN
• Ed Sheeran - Supermarket Flowers - LISTEN

THEME:  Flowers

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Flower Song (1:15) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Flowers Everywhere (3:26) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Flower Shop (5:21) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Dinosaur Train - Flowers That Last Forever (Available in Spanish) (1:26) - VIEW
• Grades K-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Martha Speaks - Martha Says It with Flowers (5:30) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - KidVision - Flower Shop (8:18) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 - Curious George - Flower Garden Game - PLAY
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Flower Power (1:32) -VIEW
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - From Seed to Flower (1:07) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades K-5 - Young Explorers - Flowers and Pollinators (8:17) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-8 - SciGirls - Flower Power (26:35)  - VIEW
• Grades 4-8 - SciGirls - Flower Power (In Spanish) (26:35) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NOVA -The Reproductive Role of Flowers (4:01) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Which Came First - Flowers or Bees? (5:19) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Eons -When Did the First Flower Bloom? (4:20)  - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339