Uranus - March 13
SIDEWAYS PLANET LEARNING
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Today is Donald Duck Day, Earmuff Day, Ken Day, and Jewel Day.
Women's History Month Resource of the Day: Dragonfly TV - Dr. Marianne Takamiya: Glactic Astronomer
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Uranus
ON THIS DATE
- 1781 - The planet Uranus is discovered by Sir William Herschel.
- 1868 - The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson begins in the Senate
- 1930 - The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
- 2020 - Breonna Taylor is killed when police forcibly entered her home in Louisville, Kentucky.
- 1855 - Astronomer and mathematician Percival Lowell
- 1916 - Politician and diplomat Lindy Boggs
- 1921 - Cartoonist Al Jaffee
- 1931 - Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka
- 1947 - Race car driver Lyn St. James
- 1950 - Actor William H. Macy
- 1972 - Rapper Common
- Grades 2-5 - NHPBS Video - Camp TV - Uranus and Neptune (6:11) - VIEW
- Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Spot on Science - Uranus Is a Smelly Planet (2:36) - VIEW
- Grades 3-8 - NASA Space Place - Uranus - READ
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Uranus: Five Facts About the Tilted Planet (1:11) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NASA SolarSystem Exploration - Uranus - READ and VIEW
- Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Uranus, the Sideways Planet (4:09) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 9-12 - PBS Video - Crash Course Astronomy - Uranus & Neptune (12:15) - VIEW
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