Rachel Carson. Otters, and Wolves - May 27
Howling Good Environmental Learning
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Today is National Grape Popsicle Day, Old Time Player Piano Day, World Otter Day, and Cellophane Tape Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Rachel Carson, Otters, and Wolves
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 founded 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-foot Chrysler Building in New York City opens; at the time, it was the tallest building in the world.
- 1933 - Walt Disney releases the cartoon The Three Little Pigs, featuring the 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.
- 1794 - Businessman and philanthropist Cornelius Vanderbilt
- 1818- Woman's rights activist Amelia Bloomer
- 1819 - Poet and activist Julia Ward Howe
- 1907 - Environmentalist and author Rachel Carson
- 1911 - Actor Vincent Price
- 1912 - Author John Cheever
- 1923 - Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
- 1971 - Rapper Lisa Lopes
- 1975 - Rapper André 3000
- 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: Otters
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Dance Like an Otter (1:02) - VIEW
- Grades K-2 - Monterey Bay Aquarium Learn At Home Free Class - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - Sea Otters - Monterey Bay Aquarium - READ and VIEW
- Grades K-5 - Wild Kratts - Otter Power - (2:06) VIEW
- Grades K-5 - Wild Kratts - River Otters vs. Sea Otters (7:00) - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - Cyberchase - Sea Otters, Kelp, and Urchins (2:33) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-12 - Monterey Bay Aquarium - Sea Otter Live Cam - VIEW
- Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonFly TV - Otters (7:42) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Sea Otters vs. Climate Change (7:19) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - The Urchin and the Otter (6:49) - VIEW
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 - PBS Eons - Life, Sex & Death Among the Dire Wolves (9:15) - VIEW
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