Eagles and the Summer Solstice - June 20
Look Up to the Sky Learning
Friday, June 20, 2024
Today is the First Day of Summer, American Eagle Day, National Vanilla Milkshake Day, World Refugee Day, Ice Cream Soda Day, National Seashell Day, Take Your Dog Day, and World Productivity Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Ocean/River Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Eagles and the Summer Solstice
ON THIS DATE
- 1782 - Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
- 1837 - Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
1840 - Samuel Morse receives a patent for the telegraph. - 1863 - West Virginia is admitted as the 35th state.
- 1893 - Lizzie Borden is found innocent of the ax murders of her father and stepmother.
- 1943 - Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three days.
- 1967 - Boxer Muhammad Ali is convicted of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted.
- 1975 - The movie Jaws is released.
- 1819 - German-French composer and cellist Jacques Offenbach
- 1905 - Playwright Lillian Hellman
- 1924 - Musician Chet Atkins
- 1929 - LGBT Rights activist Edith Windsor
- 1931 - Actor Olympia Dukakis
- 1942 - Singer-songwriter Brian Wilson
- 1945 - Canadian singer Anne Murray
- 1946 - TV Host Bob Vila
- 1949 - Singer-songwriter Lionel Richie
- 1967 - Actor Nicole Kidman
- Beachboys - Wouldn't It Be Nice - LISTEN
- Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle - LISTEN
Jacques Offenbach - La Vie Parisienne - Ouverture - LISTEN - Chet Atkins - Mr. Sandman - LISTEN
- Lionel Richie - All Night Long - LISTEN
- The Eagles - Desperado - LISTEN
Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime - LISTEN DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime - LISTEN
OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Nature Cat - Motion of the Ocean - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - The National Bird (5:18) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Between the Lions - If You Were: Bald Eagle (1:14) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-4 - Wild Kratts - Bald Eagle Nest Rescue (2:35) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-4 - Wild Kratts - Wedge-tailed Eagle (0:23) - VIEW
- Grades K-2 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Eagles and Eaglets (26:27) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Jr. - Accipitridae - Eagles, Hawks, Kites, Old World Vultures - READ
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Bald Eagles (26:46) - VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - American Eagle Hatchling (3:46) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - American Eagle Challenges of Incubation (3:19) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - American Eagle Growing Independent (2:41) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Osprey v. Eagle (2:33) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - QUEST - Cool Critter - Golden Eagles (Available in Spanish) (2:16) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Eagle Power - Eagle Eye Structure and Vision (5:43) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Eagle Power - Flight (5:39) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Eagle Power - Hunting Prowess and Talons (4:25) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Monstrum - Why has the Majestic Griffin Been Forgotten (10:03) - VIEW
THEME: SUMMER SOLSTICE
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Summer Anthem Song (2:53) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Lazy Summer Day (3:28) - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - All About the Holidays - Summer and Winter Solstice (1:24) - VIEW
- Grades 2-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Science of Summer Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
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