Water and Seals and Sea Lions - March 22

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Today is Coq Au Vin Day, Gryffindor Pride Day, Day of the Seal, Talk Like William Shatner Day, Goof Off Day, Sing Out Day, and National Water Day.

Women's History Month Resource of the Day: Smithsonian: American Women Artists

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Water and Seals and Sea Lions

ON THIS DATE

• 1621 -The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags
• 1630 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
• 1638 - Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent. 
• 1765 - The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act.
• 1972 - Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification. 
• 1991 - Pamela Smart is convicted of murder-conspiracy in Exeter, N.H. 

BIRTHDAYS

• 1599 - Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck
• 1615 - British scientist Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh
• 1808 - British author and social reformer Caroline Norton
• 1855 - British painter Dorothy Tennant
• 1899 - Dancer and choreographer Ruth Page
• 1908 - Author Louis L'Amour
• 1912 - Painter Agnes Martin
• 1923 - French mime Marcel Marceau
• 1930 - Composer Stephen Sondheim
• 1931 - Canadian actor William Shatner
• 1948 - British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber
• 1976 - Actor Reese Witherspoon

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Standells - Dirty Water - LISTEN
• Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water - LISTEN
• Seal - A Kiss From a Rose - LISTEN

THEME:  WATER

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Water Song (1:28) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Fun in the Sun - Water Water Song (2:12) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Wasting Water (1:15) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Plum Landing - Follow the Water (3:13) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - Plum Landing - Earth to Blorb - Water (2:44) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Plum Landing - Water Carries Everything (4:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-3 - Ready Jet GO! - What Can We Do With Water? (2:22 ) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Ready Jet GO! - Water, Water Everywhere (11:00) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Nature Cat - Saving Water (4:02) - VIEW
• Grades 3-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Water Treatment Plant (2:22) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Water (5:31) - VIEW
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Water Quality - Watershed (3:25) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Frontline - Flint's Deadly Water (54:47) - VIEW 
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Where Did Earth's Water Come From? (4:14) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Water Works (26:44) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Follow the Water (57:10) - VIEW

THEME:  SEALS AND SEA LIONS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Swim Like Sea Lions (2:08) - VIEW
• Grade PreK-1 - Peg + Cat - Seal Juggling Act (1:19) -  VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That - Seal Hair is Short - (1:55) -VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Seal Island, Maine -  Gray Seal Pupping Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Elephant Seal Cams - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Georgia Aquarium - Sea Lion Cam - VIEW
• Grades PreK-12 - Sea Lion Beach at OrcaLab - VIEW
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - CAMP TV - The Deal With Harbor Seals (4:29) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonFly TV - Sea Lions (5:56) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NOAA Fisheries  - Sea Lions (2:11) -VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia -  NOAA Fisheries - Investigating Steller Sea Lion Populations 
  (4:59) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Studying Antarctic Seals (3:33) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia -  Ocean Today -The Wandering Seal (3:11) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia -  NOAA Fisheries - Seal Locomotion (3:52) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Arctic Extremes - How Antarctic's Cutest Babies Grow Up (10:50) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Phocidae: Seals - READ
  
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Otariidae: Fur Seals, Sea Lions - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Harbor Seal - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Bearded Seal - READ
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Seal Group Behavior: Mother and Pup Nutrition (3:19) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

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