Mothers and Glaciers - May 11

Everything Mom

Sunday, May 11, 2025

Today is Mother's Day, Eat What You Want Day, Hostess Cupcake Day, and Twilight Zone Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Mothers and Glaciers

ON THIS DATE

  • 1858 - Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd state
  • 1894 - Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on strike.
  • 1910 - Glacier National Park in Montana is established
  • 1960 - Nazi war criminal  Adolf Eichmann is captured in Argentina.
  • 1997 - The Deep Blue IBM computer defeats Garry Kasparov and wins a six-game chess match.

BIRTHDAYS

SONGS OF THE DAY 

  • The Beatles - Julia - LISTEN
  • The Shirelles - Mama Said - LISTEN
  • Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not to Come - LISTEN
  • Taylor Swift - The Best Day - LISTEN
  • Patsy Cline - Always (by Irving Berlin) -LISTEN

ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

F is for Fred Korematsu | ABC's of AAPIs

 THEME: Mothers

  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Mother's Day Song - VIEW
  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - M is for Mom - VIEW
  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Mom and Me - VIEW
  • Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Rotten Grouchy Mother's Day - VIEW
  • Grades 1-5 - Cyberchase - Mother's Day - VIEW
  • Grades 4-12 - Anna Jarvis and the History of Mother's Day - VIEW
  • Grades 5-12 - PBS Learning Media - Nature - Orangutans: Mother Knows Best - VIEW and DO

THEME:  Glaciers

  • Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna - Glacier or Bust (3:15) - VIEW
  • Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Video - Dragonfly TV - Glaciers (7:38) - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - What’s Causing Greenland’s Biggest Glacier to Melt? (2:04) - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video -   Be Smart - How Do Glaciers Move? (6:30) - VIEW
  • Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Alaska - Glaciers - READ and DO
  • Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Fastest Glacier (5:15) - VIEW and READ
  • Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Glacier Up Close (2:46) - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Frontline - Observing Melting Glaciers In Greenland (5:30) - VIEW and DO
  • Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Frontline - High Altitude Glaciers in the Tropics (4:40) - VIEW, READ,  DO

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