Lions, Skyscrapers, and Lakes - August 10
Learning That Roars and Soars
Sunday, August 10, 2025
Today is National Duran Duran Appreciation Day, National Lazy Day, Skyscraper Appreciation Day, National S'mores Day, Spoil Your Dog Day, Smithsonian Day, and World Lion Day.
- Health and Wellness Month Resource of the Day: Personal, Mental, and Emotional Health 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 and Skyscrapers
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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.
- 1874 - President Herbert Hoover
- 1894 - Labor Leader Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca
- 1943 - Singer Ronnie Spector
- 1960 - Actor Antonio Banderas
- The Ronettes - Be My Baby - LISTEN
- The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight - LISTEN
- Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf - LISTEN
- 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 - 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 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 - 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
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