Lions, Skyscrapers, and Lakes - August 10

Saturday, August 10, 2024

Today is National Duran Duran Appreciation Day, Bowling Day, National Lazy Day, Skyscraper Appreciation Day, National S'mores Day, Spoil Your Dog Day, Garage Sale Day, Celebrate Your Lakes Day, and World Lion Day.

• Health and Wellness Month Resource of the Day: Sleep - PBS LearningMedia Collection
• Sandwich Month Sandwich of the Day: Fig and Feta Grilled Toast

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Lions, Skyscrapers, and Lakes
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ON THIS DATE

• 1793 - The Musée du Louvre opens in Paris.
• 1846 - The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by Congress.
• 1990 - The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1874 - President Herbert Hoover
• 1894 - Labor Leader Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca
• 1943 - Singer Ronnie Spector
• 1960 - Actor Antonio Banderas

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Ronettes - Be My Baby - LISTEN
• The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight - LISTEN
• Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf - LISTEN

THEME: LIONS

• Grades K-12 - Smithsonian National Zoo - Lion Cam - VIEW
• Grades 1-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Lion Families  (1:11) - VIEW
  
• Grades 2-12 - San Diego Zoo - Lions - READ
• Grades 4-12 - Africa Wildlife Foundation - Lions - READ
• Grades 4-9 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Human and Asiatic Lion Interactions in India (10:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Inside Nature's Giants - The Big Cats (1:07) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise Lion Mystery (55:11) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise Battle Lines (55:11) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Competition between African Wild Dogs and Lions (4:42) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise Lion Genetics (2:11) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Tracking Lion Recovery in Gorongosa (8:55) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Lions Return to Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park (6:00) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Are Lions the Most Intelligent Cat? (2:50) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Ethical Considerations in Wildlife Conservation: Asiatic Lions in India (4:59) - VIEW, READ, DO

THEME: SKYSCRAPERS

• Grades 6-12 -NHPBS LearningMedia - Poetry in America - Skyscraper (7:46) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Building Big - Skyscraper Basics - READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Super Skyscrapers - Digital Engineering: Planning the Leadenhall Building (7:41) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Super Skyscrapers - Overcoming Design Problems: The Leadenhall Building (4:55) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Super Skyscrapers - Maintaining Buildings: The One57 Window Washing Rig (6:29) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Super Skyscrapers - Building Safe: Pouring Concrete at the World Trade Center (8:09) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 -  NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Making North America - Geology of the Manhattan Skyline (4:49) -  VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour American Skyscrapers Face Uncertain Future Amid Coronavirus (7:31) -VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Physics Girl - Impossible Zero-G Skyscraper (6:33) - VIEW

THEME: LAKES

• Grades K-2 - Hero Elementary - The Lajke Mistake/The Plant Problem - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - 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

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Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
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