Black Cats, Hurricanes, and Honeybees - August 17

Saturday, August 17, 2024

Today is National Thrift Shop Day, Black Cat Appreciation Day, National Nonprofit Day, Baby Boomer's Recognition Day, No. 2 Pencil Day, Geocaching Day, and Honeybee Day.

• Health and Wellness Resource of the Day: Sesame Street: My Cute Little Heartbeat
• Sandwich of the Day: Egg Salad Sandwich

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Black Cats and Hurricanes
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ON THIS DATE

• 1955 - Hurricane Diane makes landfall near Wilmington, NC causing widespread damage and flooding, killing more than 184 people.
• 1969 - Hurricane Camille hits the Gulf Coast as a category 5 storm, killing 248 people.
• 1998 - In grand jury testimony, President Bill Clinton admits he had an improper relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky.
• 2008 - Michael Phelps breaks the record for gold medals in a single Olympics when he wins his 8th gold in the 400-meter medley relay at the Beijing Olympics.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1786 - Soldier and politician Davey Crockett
• 1887 - Jamaican journalist and political activist Marcus Garvey
• 1893 - Actor Mae West
• 1913 - Deputy Director of the FBI and Watergate source, Deepthroat, Mark Felt
• 1943 - Actor Robert De Niro
• 1960 - Actor Sean Penn
• 1960 - Singer and actor Donnie Wahlberg
• 1983 - Baseball player Dustin Pedroia

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Janet Jackson - Black Cat - LISTEN
• Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut - LISTEN

THEME: BLACK (and a FEW OTHER COLORED) CATS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street  - Elmo and Simon's Cat Take a Nap (2:56) -VIEW
• Grades 3-12- NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cats (8:28) - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades 3-12- NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Cats: Yesterday and Today (6:54) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - EONS - How We Domesticated Cats (7:47) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - Mental Floss - Black Cat Facts - READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video Theater of the Mind  Radio Drama - The Black Cat (23:25) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - Museum of Fine Arts Boston - Le Chat Noir Collection - READ and VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - Van Gogh Museum - Le Chat Noir - READ and VIEW

Theme: HURRICANES

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street -  Sesame Street Gets Through a Storm (55:55) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Daniel Tiger - The Storm is Coming (1:40) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Scientist Profile: Hurricane Researcher (2:29) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Water Vapor Fuels Hurricanes (4:57) (Available in Spanish) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Learning Media - Physics Girls - How to Make a Hurricane on a Bubble (3:28) - VIEW and DO
  
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - UNC-TV Science - Hurricane Hunters (5:15) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Killer Hurricanes - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Killer Hurricanes: Hurricane Paths Over Time (5:36) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Killer Hurricanes: Hurricane Frequency Over Time (5:49) - VIEW, READ, DO
  
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia -  Seasonal Science - Hurricane (3:46) - VIEW, READ, DO

THEME:  HONEYBEES

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - B is for Bees (1:39) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo' s World - Bees (5:20) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Baby Bear and Bees (1:48) - VIEW
• PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Let's Learn - Bees and Pollination (11:52) - VIEW
• PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Let's Learn - The Thing About Bees (12:11) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-4 - Wild Kratts - Follow That Bee (2:48) - VIEW
  
• Grades K-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - What's the Buzz about Bees? (5:26) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Learning Media - Wild TV - Bees (5:08) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Learning Media - Things Explained - What's Happening to All the Bees? (4:18) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - Did You Know That Honey is Really Bee Puke? (2:24) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Disappearance of the Bees - What's the Impact? (5:31) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Bounty of Bees (3:51) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Lens of Time - Bumper Bees (5:52) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Why Are the Bees Dying? (4:01) - VIEW

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Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339