Madagascar - June 26
Leaping Lemur Learning
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Today is National Chocolate Pudding Day, National Canoe Day, Forgiveness Day, and Tropical Cocktail Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Ocean/River Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Madagascar
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ON THIS DATE
- 1870 -.Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the U.S.
- 1927 - Coney Island's Cyclone roller coaster opens.
- 1948 - Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" is published in The New Yorker.
- 1950 - Madagascar gains its independence from France.
- 1963 -John F. Kennedy gives his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech.
- 2000 - Rough map of the human genome is completed
- 2015 - In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court rules that same-sex couples have a right to marriage under the 14th Amendment.
- 1892 - Author Pearl Buck
- 1914 - Athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias
- 1915 - Children's author Charlotte Zolotow
- 1956 - Singer-songwriter Chris Isaak
- 1974 - Baseball player Derek Jeter
- 1993 - Singer-songwriter Ariana Grande
OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Splash and Bubble Ocean Guide Game - PLAY
- Grades PreK-4 - Dinosaur Train - Dinosaur Discoveries - Madagascar (1:00) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-12 - Reid Park Zoo - Ring-tailed Lemur Cam - VIEW
- Grades PreK-12 - Tennessee Aquaruim - Lemur Forest Cam - VIEW
- Grades PreK-12 - Bronx Zoo - Madagascar - VIEW
- Grades K-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia -San Diego Zoo Kids - Baobab (3:00) - VIEW
- Grades K-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Leaping Lemurs of Data (7:17) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Fossa Hunting (1:39) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Explore Madagascar (23:35) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - Duke Lemur Center - READ and VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - When Giant Lemurs Ruled Madagascar (10:09) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS VIdeo - Science Minutes - Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (1:00) -VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Rare - Creature Clip: Madagascar Fish Eagle (2:06) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - World Wildlife Fund - Madagascar: Animals, People, and Threats - READ and VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Islands of Wonder - Madagascar (55:11) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Islands of Wonder - Madagascar - The History Hidden in Madagascar’s Underwater Caves (3:06) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Islands of Wonder - Ring-Tailed Lemurs Battle Tough Terrain Searching for Food (2:02) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Islands of Wonder - The Baobab Tree (3:47) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Georgia Outdoors - Lemurs on St. Catherine's Island (2:35) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Deep Look - You Wish You Had Mites Like This Hissing Cockroach (3:40) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Georgia Outdoors - Lemur Behaviors (3:00) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LerningMedia -The Ring-tailed Lemur: Reproductive Isolation (5:46) - VIEW
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