Frogs and Hip Hop - August 11

Sunday, August 11, 2024

Today is National Hip Hop Day, Presidential Joke Day, Play in the Sand Day, Melon Day, Son and Daughter Day, and Raspberry Tart Day.

• Health and Wellness Month Resource of the Day: PBS NewsHour - Songs for Biology: Students Write Hip-Hop to Learn Science
  
• Sandwich Month Sandwich of the Day: Tempeh Sandwich with Swiss Cheese and Raspberry Jam

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Frogs and Hip Hop
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ON THIS DATE

• 1929 - Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs.
• 1942 - Actor Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that is the basis for today's wireless communication.
• 1965 - Rioting breaks out in the Watts section of Los Angeles initially in response to a confrontation between police and citizens.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1897 - Poet Louise Bogan
• 1921 - Author Alex Haley
• 1949 - Singer-songwriter  Eric Carmen
• 1950 - Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak
• 1953 - Wrestler Hulk Hogan
  
• 1965 - Actor Viola Davis
• 1983 - Actor Chris Hemsworth

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Sugar Hill Gang - Rapper's Delight - LISTEN
• Three Dog Night - Joy to the World - LISTEN
• Eric Carmen - All By Myself - LISTEN
• Prince - Raspberry Beret - LISTEN
  
• Kermit - It's Not Easy Being Green - LISTEN

THEME: FROGS

• Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia - Mister Chris and Friends - Frogs (3:42) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - This Frog (3:28) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Kermit Sings Disco Frog (3:18) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Frogs of the Glen (2:31) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Caribbean Amphibian (1:54) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Curious George - Ribbit Game - DO
• PreK-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Everyday Learning - How a Frog Becomes a Frog (1:52) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-5 - NHPBS Video - Poison Dart Frogs at Little Rock Zoo (4:24) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - NHPBS Video - Up Close & Natural - Frogs, Toads, and Salamanders (13:09) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia- SciGirls - Frog Whisperers 01: Research (Available in Spanish) (1:49) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia- SciGirls - Frog Whisperers 02: Mentor Moment (Available in Spanish) (1:49) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia- SciGirls - Frog Whisperers 03: Data Collection: Country (Available in Spanish) (3:29) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia- SciGirls - Frog Whisperers 04: Data Collection: City (Available in Spanish) (2:16) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia- SciGirls - Frog Whisperers 05: Share Data with Scientists (Available in Spanish) (2:32) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia- SciGirls - Frog Whisperers 06: Brainstorm and Share (Available in Spanish) (5:10) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild TV - Everglades: Pig Frog (6:25) -  VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Malformed Frogs (4:45) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Frog Scientist (Available in Spanish) (2:37) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Anura - Frogs and Toads - READ
• Grades 3-6 - NHPBS Video - Origami Jumping Frog (5:50) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Northern Leopard Frogs Being Reintroduced Into The Wild (3:32) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Gross Science - Why Does This Frog Have So Many Legs? (2:42) - VIEW 
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Gross Science - Meet the Frog that Barfs Up its Babies (4:45) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Frozen Frogs (Available in Spanish) (3:32) - VIEW, READ, DO

THEME: HIP HOP

• Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia - Kid Vision - Hip Hop Dance Studio (8:52) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - ABC Hip Hop with Miles (1:30) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Rappin' Alphabet (2:06) - VIEW
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Camp TV - Party Hip Hop Dance Moves (4:42) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-7 - NHPBS Learningmedia - Dragonfly TV - Hip Hop Mix (5:48) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Art of the Scratch: DJs CElskiii +Deeandoid (5:27) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - If Cities Could Dance - Native American Hip-Hop and Freestyle in Albuquerque (6:03) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Above the Noise - Why Isn't Hip Hop Having Its Own #MeToo Moment (5:44) - VIEW 
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video PBS Digital Studios - Hip Hop and the Metaverse Series - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World Series and Clips -VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS Digital Studios - Sound Field Series - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Finding Your Roots - Coming Outta Queensbridge: Nas and Hip Hop (3 clips) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Open Mind - Educating Hip Hop (27:35) - VIEW

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