Shrimp and Sharks - May 10

Friday, May 10, 2024

Today is Child Care Provider Day, Clean Up Your Room Day, Fintastic Friday: Giving Sharks a Voice, National Public Gardens Day, National Shrimp Day, National Small Business Day, One Day Without Shoes. Trust Your Intuition Day, and World Lupus Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Shrimp and Sharks
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ON THIS DATE

• 1773 - The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act.
• 1774 - Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
• 1775 - Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga.
• 1775 - The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
• 1849 - A least 22 people are killed and 120 injured when a riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in New York City, in what became known as the  Astor Place Riot.
• 1869 - A golden spike was driven at  Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S.
• 1872 - Suffragist Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman to run for President of the United States.
• 1908 -  Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• 1940 - Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain.
• 1962 -  Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk. 
• 1994 -  Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1838 - Actor and assassin John Wilkes Booth
• 1899 - Actor and dancer Fred Astaire
• 1902 - Director David O. Selznick
• 1909 - Musician Maybelle Carter
• 1919 - Politician and Connecticut governor Ella Grasso
• 1946 - Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan
• 1960 - Irish singer-songwriter Bono
• 1963 - Astronaut Lisa Nowak

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Maybelle Carter - Wildwood Flower - LISTEN
• U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - LISTEN
• Donovan - Mellow Yellow - LISTEN
• Jimmy Buffet - Fins - LISTEN
• Louis Armstrong - Mack the Knife - LISTEN
• Bobby Darrin - Mack the Knife - LISTEN
• Baby Shark - LISTEN Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo
• Boston Pops - Jaws Theme - LISTEN

ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

A is for Anna May Wong | ABC's of AAPIs

THEME:  Shrimp

• Grades K-2 - Nature Cat - Fairy Shrimp (3:24) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - Plum Landing - The Search for Shrimp (4:31) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Shrimpy Chris (4:52) - VIEW
• Grades 6-8 - Sea Grant Louisiana - The Life of a Shrimp Lesson - READ and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Deep Look - Skeleton Shrimp Use 18 Appendages to Feed, Fight, and Frolic (4:38) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Indie Alaska - The Shrimp Whisperer (4:18) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Shrimp Raves Raise Awareness of An Endangered Species (3:35) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Chicago Tonight - Scientist Recreate the Punch of the Mantis Shrimp in a Robot (3:36) - VIEW

Sharks

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cookie Shark (2:17) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Studios - Marvie Learns about Sharks  (2:56) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Splash and Bubbles - Great White Shark  (1:56) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Splash and Bubbles - Get Your Feet Wet: Whale Shark  (1:30) - VIEW
  
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia- Camp TV - Sharks (7:55) - VIEW
• Grades K-12 - Monterey Bay Aquarium - Shark Cam - VIEW
• Grades 1-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - The Tiger Shark  (3:03) - VIEW
• Grades 1-5 - Wild Kratts - Stuck on Sharks (26:48) - VIEW
  
• Grades 1-5 - Wild Kratts - Sharks - Predator and Prey (21:34) - VIEW
• Grades 1-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Stuck on Sharks Clips - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia- Dragonfly TV - Scientist Profile: Shark Scientist (Available in Spanish) (2:39) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Chondrichthyes - Rays, Sharks, Skates, Chimaeras - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - NOAA - Researching Great White Sharks (1:26) - VIEW
• Grades 5-10 - NHPBS LearningMedia - EARTH: A New Wild - Sharks & Shorelines (Available in Spanish)  (3:56) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NOAA - Shark Conservation - READ
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Shark Biology (10:05) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Mysterious Hammerhead (9:29) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Shark and the Lamprey (11:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Shark and the Whale  (9:07) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Blue Shark Adventure (9:41) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Shark with the Tall Tail (9:39) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS Video - Autumn Watch New England - Great White Sharks (4:19) - VIEW
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS Video - Magical Land of Oz - Dusky Sharks Congregate to Feed (2:59) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ocean Today - Endangered Sharks  (2:15) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - QUEST- Whale Sharks (3:15) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - QUEST- The Great White Shark  (1:26) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - The Secret World of Sharks and Rays: Shark and Turtle  (2:41) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - The Secret World of Sharks and Rays: Shark in Our Future (1:41) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Collapse of Sharks  (3:05) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Shark Tagging (7:30) - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Sharks of Hawaii (53:27) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - Why Megalodon (Definitely) Went Extinct (10:45) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Gross Science - Why Most Sand Tiger Sharks Die in the Womb (2:23) - VIEW 

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Pressroom Contact

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