Rats and Other Rodents - April 4
Rat Pack Learning
Friday, April 4, 2025
Today is 404 Day, Hug a Newsperson, Carrot Day, Cordon Bleu Day, NATO Day, Student Government Day, Tell a Lie Day, Vitamin C Day, Walk Around Things Day, and World Rat Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Rats and Other Rodents
ON THIS DATE
- 1814 - President William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia.
- 1941 - Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
- 1964 - The Beatles hold the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
- 1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee.
- 1973 - The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City are dedicated.
- 1802 - Nurse and activist Dorothea Dix
- 1869 - Architect Mary Colter
- 1913 - Singer-songwriter and guitarist Muddy Waters
- 1928 - Novelist and poet Maya Angelou
SONGS OF THE DAY
Ratt - Round and Round - LISTEN
Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love - LISTEN
Beatles - Twist and Shout - LISTEN
Beatles - She Loves You - LISTEN
Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand - LISTEN
Beatles - Please Please Me - LISTEN
POEMS OF THE DAY
Maya Angelou - On the Pulse of the Morning
Robert Burns - To a Mouse
Robert Browning - The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Miami Mice with The Count (5:03) - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Beavers (Available in Spanish) (4:42) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Greatest Creature Builder (1:40) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Building a Beaver Pond (1:49) -VIEW and DO
- Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Beavers Have Lumberjack Teeth (2:32) - VIEW
- Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - WildTV - Squirrel Rehabilitation (4:44) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-6- NHPBS - NatureWorks - Adaptation - Beavers - READ
- Grades 3-6- NHPBS - NatureWorks - Adaptation (14:45) - VIEW
- Grades 4-10 - PBS LearningMedia - Prairie Dogs (Available in Spanish) (2:55) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Rodentia - READ
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Do Rats Feel Empathy? (3:33) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Rescuing and Relocating Beavers (6:05) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Deep Look - Watch These Frustrated Squirrels Go Nuts (3:10) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Deep Look - Kangaroo Rats Are Furry, Spring-Loaded Ninjas (4:06) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Chipmunk Showdown (2:25) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - How Do Squirrels Find Their Nuts? (2:08) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - Beavers: The Smartest Things in Fur Pants (4:41) - VIEW
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