Giant Pandas - March 16

Sunday, March 16, 2025

Today is Black Press Day, Curlew Day, Freedom of Information Day, Goddard Day, Maple Syrup Saturday, Panda Day, Quilting Day, No Selfies Day, Play the Recorder Day, and Save the Panther Day.

Women's History Month Resource of the Day:  Women on Women: Gloria Steinem on Marilyn Monroe

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Giant Pandas
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ON THIS DATE

• 1850 - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is published.
• 1968 - My Lai Massacre is carried out by United States troops in Vietnam, killing hundreds of unarmed citizens.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1750 - English astronomer Caroline Herschel
• 1751 - Fourth President of the United States James Madison
• 1799 - English botanist and photographer Anna Atkins
• 1822 - French painter and sculptor Rosa Bonheur
• 1846 - American physician and social reformer  Rebecca Cole
• 1916 - Actor Mercedes McCambridge
• 1954 - Singer-songwriter Nancy Wilson

SONGS OF THE DAY 

Heart - Barracuda - LISTEN

THEME:  Giant Panda

• Grades PreK-12 - National Zoo - Giant Panda Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - iPanda - Multiple Panda Cams from Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Shenshuping Gengda Panda Center - Panda Cams - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Panda Count (1:06) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Panda Rescue (3:19) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8- PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Wolong's Pandas (3:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Pandas: Born to be Wild - Changing Seasons in the Mountains (4:00) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Fuzzy Origins of the Giant Panda (8:21) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Bamboo Mountain - China's Pandas (5:32) - VIEW and DO

Pressroom Contact

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