Cats, Beijing, Lakes, and Richard Nixon - August 8
Lots of Learning
Saturday, August 8, 2026
Today is Celebrate Your Lakes Day, International Cat Day, National Bowling Day, National Zucchini Day, Scottish Wildcat Day, National Frozen Custard Day, National Garage Sale Day, Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor's Porch Night, U.S. Dollar Day, Universal & International Infinity Day, and Wear Your Mother's Jewelry Day.
- Health and Wellness Month Resource of the Day: Sesame Street - Healthy Living Printables
- Sandwich Month Sandwich of the Day: Grilled Veggie Sandwich (with Zucchini)
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poems of the Day
Art of the Day
Today's Theme: Cats, Beijing, and Richard Nixon
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ON THIS DATE
- 1963 - Thieves make off with 2.6 million pounds from a stopped train outside of London in what is now known as the "Great Train Robbery."
- 1974 - President Nixon announces his resignation in a nationally televised address.
- 2008 -The Summer Olympic Games open in Beijing.
- 1814 - Lawyer and first female Justice of the Peace in the U.S., Esther Hobart Morris
- 1896 - Author Marjorie Rawlings
- 1921 - Swimmer and actor Esther Williams
- 1937 - Actor Dustin Hoffman
- Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - LISTEN
- Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water - LISTEN
- John Prine - Lake Marie - LISTEN
- Taylor Swift - The Lakes - LISTEN
- Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut - LISTEN
- Jane's Addiction - My Cat's Name is Maceo - LISTEN
- The Aristocats - Everybody Wants to Be a Cat - LISTEN
- Al Stewart - Year of the Cat - LISTEN
- Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman - LISTEN
- Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - C is for Counting Cats (1:28) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Peep in the Big Wide World - Cat Categories (1:28) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Peep in the Big Wide World - That's a Cat (8:50) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Simon's Cat and Elmo Take a Nap! (2:55) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Peg + Cat - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-3 - Nature Cat - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cats (8:28) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 5-12 - PBS Learning Media - Untamed - The Case for Indoor Cats (26:46) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cats - Yesterday and Today (6:54) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Animal Adaptations - Fishing Cat (4:18) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Cat Tales (53:21) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - How We Domesticated Cats (Twice) (7:47) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Ghostly Origins of the Big Cats (7:31) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Windows to the Wild - Rico The Hiking Cat (26:45) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Film School Shorts - Trash Cat (2:06) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Monstrum - The Wicked Feline Murder Floof, a Yule Cat Story (9:50) -VIEW
THEME: BEIJING
- Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - She is the Moon of Moons - Beats of Beijing (25:15) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - Ping Pong Match (2:27) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - China Loves You (1:18) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - The Drums and Bells of China (1:41) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - China General Store (2:57) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - Chinese Drum Performance (2:43) - VIEW
- Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Let's Go Luna - Learn about Beijing, China - 5 Clips - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Beijing Opera Dance (3:39) - VIEW and READ
THEME: LAKES
- Grades K-2 - Hero Elementary - The Lake Mistake/The Plant Problem - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS NatureWorks - Lakes - READ
- Grades 4-12 - US Geological Survey - Water Science School - Lakes and Reservoirs - READ
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Tapping the Great Lakes (26:46) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Great Lakes Wildlife (26:46) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NH Department of Environmental Services - River and Lakes - READ
THEME: RICHARD NIXON
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - 60-Second Presidents - Richard Nixon (1:15) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - The Nixon Library - READ
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Nixon - Nixon's Gamble (2:46) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Vietnam War - The 1968 Presidential Campaign (6:44) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Vietnam War - Nixon - The Silent Majority (1:33) - VIEW
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