Woodstock and Helium - August 18
Get Yourself Back to the Garden Learning
Monday, August 18, 2025
Today is Bad Poetry Day, Helium Discovery Day, National Ice Cream Pie Day, Never Give Up Day, Pinot Noir Day, and National Fajita Day.
- Health and Wellness Resource: Nemours: Kids Health
- Sandwich of the Day: BLT Sandwich with Homemade Mayonnaise
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Woodstock and Helium
ON THIS DATE
- 1590 - John White returns to the Roanoke Colony after making a trip back to England for supplies and finds it deserted.
- 1868 - French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
- 1914 - President Wilson issues a Proclamation of Neutrality to keep the U.S. out of WWI.
- 1920 - The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, giving women the right to vote.
- 1963 - James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
- 1969 - Woodstock Music and Arts Festival ends with a set by Jim Hendrix.
- 1997 - Virginia Military Institute admits its first female student, Beth Ann Hogan.
- 1750 - Italian composer Antonio Salieri
- 1774 - Explorer and soldier Meriwether Lewis
1934 - Baseball great Roberto Clemente - 1936 - Actor Robert Redford
- 1952 - Actor Patrick Swayze
- 1969 - Actor Edward Norton
- 1978 - Actor and comedian Andy Samberg
- Grades PreK-3 - Nature Cat - Woodstock-Chella-Palooza! (2:23) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Woodstock Chapter One (9:59) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - The Sound of Woodstock (6:27) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Max Yasgur: Woodstock’s Unexpected Champion (1:06) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - Northwest Now - Woodstock at 50 (25:44) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - TeachRock - Protest As Event Lesson Plan - DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Santana on Woodstock at 50 (10:35) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - What Woodstock Meant for America's Culture of Rebellion (7:11) - VIEW
Theme: HELIUM
- Grades K-3 - NHPBS Video - Blueberry's Clubhouse - Exploring Helium, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen (3:13) - VIEW
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Helium is Boring (2:17) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - TedED - Helium - Periodic Table of Videos (4:45) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 7-12 - PBS Space Time - Challenge: What Happens to a Helium Balloon in Freefall? - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - Nova - Hunting the Elements (1:53:49) - VIEW
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