Hubble Telescope- April 24

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Today is World Laboratory Day, Administrative Professional's Day, Denim Day, International Guide Dog Day, National Pigs-in-a Blanket Day, New Kids on the Block, and Sauvignon Blanc Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Hubble Telescope
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ON THIS DATE

• 1800 - President John Adams established the Library of Congress when he signs legislation to allocate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".
• 1898 - Spain declares war on the United States.
• 1990 - The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1904 - Painter Willem de Kooning
• 1905 - Novelist and poet Robert Penn Warren
• 1934 - Actor Shirley MacLaine
• 1942 - Singer and actor Barbra Streisand

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Beatles -  Across the Universe - LISTEN
• The Beastie Boys - Intergalactic - LISTEN

POEMS OF THE DAY 
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - The Light of Sars 
Megan Snyder-Camp - Repairing the Hubble Telescope 

THEME:  Hubble Telescope

• Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - The Hubble Telescope (3:09) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NASA - Hubble Space Telescope Site - VIEW and READ
• Grades 4-12 - NASA - Hubble Space Telescope - VIEW and READ
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Hubble and the Expanding Universe - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Hubble Telescope: Looking Up (Available in Spanish) (2:19) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NASA - Swift and  Hubble Probe an Asteroid Crash (Available in Spanish) (1:46) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NASA - What Hubble Taught Us About the Planets (Available in Spanish) (4:46) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Physics Girl -  What's the Darkest Part of the Sky? The Hubble Deep Field (2:41) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Invisible Universe Revealed (52:52) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Hubble Data Used to Look 10,000 Years into the Future (1:33) - VIEW

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

CHANGING PLANET - Coral Special
Wednesday, 4/24 from 8-9 pm NHPBS
Join conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan for a global environmental health check of seven of Earth's bellwether biomes. From the Arctic to the Amazon, these vulnerable habitats are changing, revealing surprising animal behaviors as species adapt. CHANGING PLANET Streaming Video

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE - Human
Wednesday, 4/24 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Ari Wallach investigates the human ability to increase empathy and compassion, what values we are instilling into artificial intelligence technologies, and creating a better world for human life to flourish on this planet. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE Streaming Video

NOVA - Making of North America: Life
Wednesday, 4/24 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Discover the surprisingly intertwined story of life and the landscape in North America - from origins to iconic dinosaurs to giant marine reptiles swimming in an ancient sea that once split the continent in two. NOVA Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

INDEPENDENT LENS - Ferguson Rises
Wednesday, 4/24 from 2-3:30 pm NH WORLD
Michael Brown Sr.'s son was killed in 2014 by white police officer Darren Wilson, an event that fueled the global Black Lives Matter movement. But his personal story of seeking justice and healing has not been told until now. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video

POV - Delikado
Wednesday, 4/24 from 3:30-5 pm NH WORLD
Follow ecological crusaders protecting the island of Palawan, one of Asia's tourist hotspots. Their struggle is akin to a battlefield as they try to stop politicians and businessmen from destroying Palawan's valuable natural resources. POV Streaming Video

AMERICAN RIVER
Wednesday, 4/24 from 7-8:30 pm NH WORLD
Mary Bruno spent her childhood along a toxic stretch of New Jersey's Passaic River, one of the most neglected waterways in America. Decades later, she returns to kayak the river of her youth and tell its story. AMERICA RIVER Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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