Comets - July 23
Learning That Takes the Long Way Around
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Today is Vanilla Ice Cream Day, Hot Enough For Ya Day, Sprinkle Day (in New England, Jimmie Day!), Yada Yada Yada Day, Mosquito Day, and Peanut Butter and Chocolate 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: Comets
ON THIS DATE
- 1962 - Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1967 - Rioting in Detroit begins, leading to 43 deaths.
- 1995 - The comet Hale–Bopp is discovered.
- 1888 - Author Raymond Chandler
- 1965 - Musician Slash
Bill Halley and the Comets - Rock Around the Clock - LISTEN- B.B. King with Slash "The Thrill Is Gone" - LISTEN
Guns and Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine - LISTEN
NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Death Valley National Park - GO
ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
PBS Food - Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe - MAKE
- Grades K-3- Ready Jet Go - Looking for Comets (1:09) - VIEW
- Grades K-3- Ready Jet Go - Making Comets (2:15) - VIEW
- Grades K-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Comets and Asteroids (5:17) - VIEW
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - NASA Planetary Sciences - Why Study Comets (Available in Spanish) (2:03) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBSS Video - Star Gazers - Why is Halley's Comet So Famous? (1:48) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Science Trek - Asteroids vs. Comets (6:20) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Science Trek - Asteroids and Comets: Collecting a Piece of Bennu (6:43) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Science Trek - Asteroids and Comets: Comet Hunters (1:04) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Science Trek - Asteroids and Comets: The Asteroid Belt (1:04) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Science Trek - Asteroids and Comets: Leftover Space Bodies (1:04) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Science Trek - Asteroids and Comets: Lucy and the Trojans (1:04) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Why Do Comets Have Tails? (:55) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Did This Asteroid Just Turn Into a Comet? (4:24) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Comet Encounter (54:41) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets… OH MY!!! (7:09) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Crash Course Astronomy - Comets (11:53) - VIEW
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