Howling Good Environmental Learning
Monday, May 27, 2024
Today is National Grape Popsicle Day and Cellophane Tape Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Rachel Carson and Wolves
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ON THIS DATE
- 1647 - In Hartford Connecticut, Alse Young becomes the first person executed as a witch in the colonies.
- 1703 - Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
- 1896 - The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people.
- 1930 - The 1,046 feet Chrysler Building in New York City opens, at the time it was the tallest building in the world.
- 1933 - Walt Disney releases the cartoon Three Little Pigs, with its hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
- 1937 - The Golden Gate Bridge opens.
- 1941 - The German battleship Bismarck is sunk by the British navy in the North Atlantic killing 2,100.
- 2006 - The Yogyakarta earthquake in central Java leaves 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.
BIRTHDAYS
SONGS OF THE DAY
- Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf - LISTEN
- TLC - Waterfalls - LISTEN
- Outcast - Hey Ya - LISTEN
THEME: Rachel Carson
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Rachel Carson: Voice of Nature (56:46) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Rachel Carson - Chapter One (8:59) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (4:48) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience: Rachel Carson - Lessons from Silent Spring for Controlling Disease (12:30) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience: Rachel Carson - Pesticide Early Warnings (5:16) - VIEW and DO
THEME: Wolves
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Catching the Big Bad Wolf (3:51) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Big Sad Wolf (4:38) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Kermit Casts the Big Bad Wolf (2:31) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street -The New Three Little Pigs Story (3:35) - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - Wild Kratts - Running Like Wolves Collection - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - Wild Kratts - Howl Like a Wolf (1:23) - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Arctic Wolf Cubs Learn Pack Behavior (2:34) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Wolfpack in the Woods (1:06) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Wolves (5:10) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Keeping Up With the Wolfpack (2:10) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Wolves (7:07) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Earth: A New Wild - Wolves of Yellowstone (Available in Spanish) (5:19) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Saving a Species - Wolves (27:44) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wolves: The Ecology of Fear (7:02) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Eons - Life, Sex & Death Among the Dire Wolves (9:15) - VIEW
THEME: Memorial Day
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - All About the Holidays - Memorial Day (1:21) - VIEW
- Grades 4-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection - VIEW
- Grades K-12 - NHPBS Video - Memorial Day Concert Performances - VIEW
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GOING TO WAR
Monday, 5/27 from 10-11:30 pm NHPBS
What is it like to go to war? For millennia, only warriors could answer that question.
AMERICAN MASTERS - Waterman - Duke: the Ambassador of Aloha
Monday, 5/27 from 7:30-9 pm NH WORLD
Narrated by Jason Momoa, discover the inspiring story and considerable impact of five-time Olympic medalist Duke Kahanamoku. He shattered swimming records and globalized surfing while overcoming racism in a lifetime of personal challenges. AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video
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