Cooking and Julia Child - August 15
Something's In the Pot Learning
Friday, August 15, 2025
Today is National Relaxation Day, Best Friends Day, and National Lemon Meringue Pie Day.
- Health and Wellness Resource of the Day: Mental Health in the Curriculum
- Sandwich of the Day: Open-Faced Grilled Cheese with Apple and Bacon
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Cooking and Julia Child
ON THIS DATE
- 1914 - The Panama Canal opens to traffic.
- 1939 - The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.
- 1947 - India gains independence from British rule.
- 1969 - The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in upstate New York.
- 1769 - Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1771 - Author Sir Walter Scott
- 1879 - Actor Ethel Barrymore
- 1885 - Author and playwright Edna Ferber
- 1912 - Chef and author Julia Child
- 1924 - Political activist Phyllis Schlafly
- 1938 - Politician Maxine Waters
- 1972 - Actor Ben Affleck
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Woodstock - LISTEN
- Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin' - LISTEN
- Beatles - Julia - LISTEN
- ABBA - Waterloo - LISTEN
- Mama Mia - Waterloo - LISTEN
- Judy Garland - Somewhere Over the Rainbow - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - C is for Cooking with Anthony Mackie (2:12) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Making a Birthday Cake (5:17) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - F is for Food with Padma Lakshmi (2:47) - VIEW
- Grades K-2 - Ready Jet Go! - Cooking School Game - DO
- Grades K-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Cooking Cookies with Solar Power (3:12) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 5-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - SciGirls - Science Cooks (3:21) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Cooking Up Science with Miss America -The Science of Cooking and Baking (22:04) - VIEW
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