Spiders and Butterflies - March 14

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Today is Celebrate Scientists Day, Learn About Butterflies Day, Children's Craft Day, Pi Day, Potato Chip Day, Popcorn Lover's Day,  Save a Spider Day, and Science Education Day.

Women's History Resource of the Day:  Independent Lens: Women's Empowerment

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Spiders and Butterflies
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ON THIS DATE

• 1794 - Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
• 1900 - The Gold Standard Act is ratified.
• 1903 - Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1833 - Dentist and educator Lucy Hobbs Taylor
• 1879 - Physicist Albert Einstein
• 1920 - Cartoonist and Dennis the Menace creator Hank Ketcham
• 1923 - Photographer Diane Arbus
• 1933 - Music producer Quincy Jones
• 1948 - Actor Billy Crystal
• 1988 - Basketball player Stephen Curry
• 1997 - Gymnast Simone Biles

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Who - Boris the Spider - LISTEN
• Jim Stafford - Spiders and Snakes - LISTEN

THEME:  Spiders

• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Jim Parsons: Arachnid (1:31)  - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Jordan Spacks - Itsy Bitsy Spider (1:21) - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature Nuggets - Spiders at Work (1:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Orbit the Spider (1:20) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Designer Spider Silk (1:28) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Make a Web (2:15) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratt's Creatures - Tarantula Time (1:33) - VIEW
• Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Garden Spiders (2:40) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - Centers for Disease Control  - Venomous Spiders - READ
• Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Great Job: Spider Biologist (6:32) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Lens 0f Time: Spider Seduction (7:29)  - READ and VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Is a Spider Web Part of Its Mind? (4:43) - VIEW

THEME:  Butterflies

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Little Butterfly Friend Song (1:45) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - 11 Butterflies (1:18) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS Learning Media - If I Was a Butterfly (5:31) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - KidVision - A Day with a Butterfly Expert  (9:00) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-3 - Dinosaur Train - All About Butterflies  (1:39) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Nature Cat - Butterfly Garden  (2:17) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video - Crafts for Kids - Make a Butterfly Costume  (3:01) - VIEW
• Grades K-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Butterflies: They Taste With Their Feet  (4:06) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 2-6- SciGirls - Butterfly Diaries (26:10) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Butterfly Wings  (7:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Moths and Butterflies -  READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Wildlife Journal Junior - Karner Blue Butterfly  (8:26) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Deep Look - Glasswing Butterflies Want To Make Something Perfectly Clear (5:24) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia -  Quest - Fire and Butterflies  (5:00) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - The Mystery of the World's Greatest Butterfly Migration (9:12) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Using Gene Editing To Repaint Butterfly Wings  (11:13)  - VIEW

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE - ConVal VS. Nashua South
Thursday, 3/14 from 7-7:30 pm NHPBS
Nashua High South meets ConVal Regional High in game six in round one of the new season of GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE. GRANITE STATE CHALLENGE Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

SECRETS OF THE DEAD - Lady Sapiens
Thursday, 3/14 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
Incredible scientific investigations from across the globe are helping piece together the untold story of prehistoric women. The latest research separates fact from fiction and sheds new light on our ancient foremothers. SECRETS OF THE DEAD Streaming Video

AMERICAN STORIES - Ida B. Wells
Thursday, 3/14 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
There are few historical figures whose life and work speak to the current moment more than Ida B. Wells, the 19th-century crusading investigative journalist, civil rights leader, and passionate suffragist. 

EYES ON THE PRIZE - The Keys to the Kingdom (1974-1980)
Thursday, 3/14 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
Antidiscrimination legal rights gained in past decades by the civil rights movement are put to the test. In Boston, some whites violently resist a federal court school desegregation order. The Bakke Supreme Court case challenges affirmative action. EYES IN THE PRIZE Streaming Video

EYES ON THE PRIZE - Back to the Movement (1979-mid 1980s)
Thursday, 3/14 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
Power and powerlessness. Miami's black community was pummeled by urban renewal, a lack of jobs, and police harassment explodes in rioting. In Chicago, an unprecedented grassroots movement triumphs. Harold Washington becomes Chicago's first black mayor. EYES IN THE PRIZE Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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