Earthquakes and Velociraptors and Other Dinosaurs - April 18

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Today is Adult Autism Day, Animal Crackers Birthday, Amateur Radio Day, International Juggler's Day, Newspaper Columnists Day, National Velociraptor Awareness Day, Piñata Day, Record Store Day, and World Circus Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Earthquakes

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1775 – British Army advances up Charles River to destroy supplies of American militias, Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside.

ON THIS DATE

• 1775 - Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements
• 1906 - An earthquake and fire destroyed much of San Francisco, California, killing more than 3,000.
• 1983 - A suicide bomber kills 63 people, including 17 Americans, at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1857  Lawyer Clarence Darrow
• 1924 - Singer-songwriter and guitarist Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
• 1953 - Actor Rick Moranis
• 1963 - Talk show host Conan O'Brien
• 1971 - Scottish actor David Tennant

SONGS OF THE DAY 

I Feel the Earth Move - Carole King - LISTEN
Honky-Tonk  - Clarence Gatemouth Brown - LISTEN
Animal Crackers - Shirley Temple - LISTEN

POEM OF THE DAY 
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Paul Revere's Ride

THEME: EARTHQUAKES

• Grades K-4 - Ready Jet Go!  - Learning About Earthquakes (2:14) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Earthquakes (Available in Spanish) (7:16) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - USGS - Latest Earthquakes - TRACK
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragnflyTV - Scientist Profile: Earthquake Scientist (Available in Spanish) (1:40) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Forecasting Earthquakes (3:39) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Predicting Earthquakes (2:56) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Explaining Earthquakes (4:26) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Megathrust Earthquakes (10;49) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: San Francisco (3:28) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: Los Angeles (5:13) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: The Prehistoric Records (3:19) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: The Seismograph (3:39) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: When Plates Collide (Available in Spanish) (3:02) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Predicting Earthquakes (4;20) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grade 9-12 - USGS - The 1886 Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake: A 1986 Perspective - READ

THEME: VELOCIRAPTORS AND OTHER DINOSAURS

• Grades PreK-2 - Dinosaur Train  Web Site - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Dinosaur Train Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades PreK-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Dinosaur Train - Velociraptor Collection (7:08) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grade PreK-5 - PBS Parents - Dinosaur Train - Velociraptor Coloring Page - DO
• Grades K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - ScienceTrek - Dinosaur Basics - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS YouTube - All Things Dinosaur - 28 Videos -VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - GPS: Dinosaurs - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - SciTech Now - Discussing Dinosaurs with a Paleontologist - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Birds Are Living Dinosaurs - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12- PBS LearningMedia - Eons - Inside the Dinosaur Library -VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Raptor That Made Us Rethink Dinosaurs - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Giant Dinosaur That Was Missing a Body - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - Was This Dinosaur a Cannibal? -VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - When Dinosaurs Chilled in the Arctic -VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - An Illustrated History of Dinosaurs - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Facts About Dinosaurs & Feathers - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - What Colors Were Dinosaurs? - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - What a Dinosaur Looks Like Under a Microscope - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - The Dinosaur On Your Thanksgiving Table - VIEW

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