Teddy Bears, Nikola Tesla, and the Scopes Trial - July 10

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Thursday, July 10, 2025

Today is Don't Step On A Bee Day, Nikola Tesla Day, National Kitten Day, Teddy Bears' Picnic Day, U.S Energy Independence Day, Piña Colada Day, and Pick Blueberries Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
National Park Month Resource of the Day
Ice Cream Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Teddy Bears, Nikola Tesla, and the Scopes Trial

ON THIS DATE

1913 - The temperature in Death Valley, California, hits 134 °F the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth.
1925 - The "Scopes Monkey Trial" begins in Dayton, Tennessee.
1940 -The Battle of Britain begins.
1962 - Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.
1891 - Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected president of Russia.

BIRTHDAYS

1509 - Theologian John Calvin
1856 - Engineer and physicist Nikola Tesla
1939 - Singer Mavis Staples
1942 - Musician and Portsmouth, NH native Ronnie James Dio
1943 - Tennis player Arthur Ashe
1958 - Banjo player Béla Fleck

SONGS OF THE DAY

Elvis Presley - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - LISTEN
Ronnie James Dio - Dream On - LISTEN
Mavis Staples - I'll Take You There - LISTEN
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Sinister Minister - LISTEN
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill - LISTEN
Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - LISTEN

NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Waimea Canyon, Hawaii - GO

ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

PBS Video - Full-Time Kid - Easy Ice Cream Recipe - MAKE

THEME: TEDDY BEARS

Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Bears, Bears, Bears (3:01) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Do "The Bear" with Baby Bear (2:37) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Daniel Tiger - A Pandy Bear for Margaret (2:09) - VIEW
Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Peep and the Big Wide World - A House for Teddy Bear (1:29) - VIEW and DO
Grades 1-2 - NHPBS learning Media - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Theodore Roosevelt Reader - READ
Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Mississippi: A Thread Through Time -Teddy Bear (1:00) - VIEW
Grades 5-12 - National Park Service - The Story of the Teddy Bear - READ
Grades 5-12 - National Museum of American History - Teddy Bear - READ

THEME: NIKOLA TESLA

Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Tesla: Reimagining the Electric Motor (2:58) - VIEW, READ, DO
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Tesla: Early Experiments with Wireless Power (4:11) - VIEW, READ, and DO
Grades 9-12 -PBS - Tesla for Teachers - DO
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Nikola Tesla and Wireless Charging (2:27) - VIEW
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Cold Light from Tesla (1:11) - VIEW
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Drive-By History - Nikola Tesla's Lab (26:46) - VIEW

THEME: SCOPES TRIAL

Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Frontline - God in America Four: A New Light - (55:58) - VIEW
Grades 7-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Retro Report - Influencing Policy: Evolution and the First Amendment (10:56) -VIEW, READ, DO
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Monkey Trial Image Gallery - VIEW

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