Bats and Haiku - April 17

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Today is Banana Day, Bat Appreciation Day, Blah Blah Blah Day, Ellis Island Family History Day, Ford Mustang Day, Cheeseball Day, Haiku Poetry Day, Kickball Day, School Librarian Day, and World Hemophilia Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Bats and Haiku
Watch

ON THIS DATE

• 1861 - The Virginia State Convention votes to secede from the Union.
• 1961 - A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba.
• 1970 - Apollo 13 returns to Earth.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1894 - Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev
• 1897 - Playwright Thornton Wilder

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Meatloaf  - Bat Out of Hell - LISTEN
• Pat Metheney - The Bat - LISTEN

POEM OF THE DAY 
D.H. Lawrence - Bat

THEME:  BATS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Batty Bat Song (3:01) - VIEW
• Grades: PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Bat Mobile Printable - DO
• Grades PreK-12 - Woodland Park Zoo - Bat Cam - VIEW
• Grades: K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek- Bats (3:08) - VIEW
• Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Bats (Available in Spanish) - VIEW and DO
• Grades: 1-5 - Wild Kratts - A Night Out with Bats (1:48) - VIEW
• Grades: 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Scientist Profile: Bat Biologist (Available in Spanish)  (1:58) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal, Junior - Chiroptera - Bats - READ
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Bats (26:45) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades: 5-12 - NHPBS Video - EONS - When Bats Took Flight (11:10) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Wildlife Journal junior - In Search of Bats  (9:36) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Bat Super Powers (53:23) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Bats and Moths: Sound Battles (4:14) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - Bats: Guardians of the Night (4:54) - VIEW

THEME:  Haiku

• Grades 2-4 - NHPBS Video - Teaching In Room 9 - Write & Analyze Genres of Poems (27:54) - VIEW
• Grades 3-6 - NHPBS Video - Education Station - Readers Theater, Short Story Project, and Haiku! (29:03) - VIEW
• Grade 3-12 - ReadWriteThink - Haiku Poem Interactive - DO
• Grades 7-12 -  PBS LearningMedia - Poetry Everywhere - Selected Haiku by Issa (1:32) - VIEW, READ, DO

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

NATURE - Raptors: Fistful of Daggers - Extreme Lives
Wednesday, 4/17 from 8-9 pm NHPBS
See the extreme ways in which raptors conquer the toughest habitats on Earth. From snowy owls in the high Arctic to honey buzzards raiding hornet nests in Taiwan, raptors can hunt prey in any climate. NATURE Streaming Video

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE - Once Upon a Time
Wednesday, 4/17 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
How do stories shape the boundaries of belief about what is possible? Ari Wallach dives into the fundamental role storytelling plays in our lives and their potential to unleash the power of human imagination and creativity moving forward. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE Streaming Video

NOVA - Making of North America: Origins
Wednesday, 4/17 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
See the epic 3-billion-year story of how our continent came to be. From palm trees that once flourished in Alaska to huge eruptions that nearly tore the Midwest in two, discover how forces of almost unimaginable power gave birth to North America. NOVA Streaming Video

NH EXPLORE- 11.2 Comcast (11/801) More Options

INDEPENDENT LENS - Chasing Trane
Wednesday, 4/17 from 3-4:30 pm NH EXPLORE
Chasing Trane is about an outside-the-box thinker whose boundary-shattering music continues to impact and influence people around the world. This portrait of a remarkable jazz artist reveals the critical events, passions, experiences, and challenges that shaped the life of John Coltrane and his revolutionary sounds. INDEPENDENT LENS  Streaming Video

AMERICAN MASTERS - Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Wednesday, 4/17 from 4:30-6 pm NH EXPLORE
Explore the extraordinary life and musical career of the legendary drummer, composer, and social activist. The film follows Roach's career and personal struggles and triumphs, across a series of masterful musical innovations and artistic reinventions. His creativity and unshakable sense of mission kept him at the forefront of music and activism across seven decades - from the era of the Jim Crow South to the Civil Rights years... from the heady days of post-war modern jazz to the hip-hop era and beyond. AMERICAN MASTERS - Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

TROUBLED WATERS; A TURTLE'S TALE
Wednesday, 4/17 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
Troubled Waters: A Turtle’s Tale explores the impact human behavior has on our environment as seen through the lens of one of South Florida’s most beloved and fragile underwater creatures, the sea turtle. TROUBLED WATERS: A TURTLE'S TALE Streaming Video

TURNING THE TIDE
Wednesday, 4/17 from 3-4 pm NH WORLD
A comprehensive, objective, and in-depth examination of viable strategies and innovative engineering techniques to help address Louisiana's coastal erosion crisis. TURNING THE TIDE Streaming Video

BRIDGING DIVIDES: SHARING HEARTBEATS
Wednesday, 4/17 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
This documentary focuses on six organizations that are bringing people together whose ideas and opinions differ, but who are united in their desire to find a common bond. BRIDGING DIVIDES: SHARING HEARTBEATS Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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