Pluto and Vesuvius - August 24
Out of This World Learning
Saturday, August 24, 2024
Today is Can Opener Day, International Strange Music Day, Pluto Demoted Day, Vesuvius Day, Shooting Star Day, National Waffle Day, Weather Complaint Day, and National Peach Pie Day.
- Health and Wellness Month Resource of the Day: The Peanut (Allergies) Solution
- Sandwich Month Sandwich of the Day: Rollwiches
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Pluto and Vesuvius
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ON THIS DATE
- 79 - Mount Vesuvius erupts, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing an estimated 20,000 people.
- 1814 - British troops invade Washington, DC, and burn the White House along with other buildings.
- 1932 - Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly nonstop across the US.
- 1960 - Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
- 1989 - Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling.
- 2006 - The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet", stripping Pluto of its planet status.
- 1591 - English poet Robert Herrick
- 1724 - English painter George Stubbs
- 1899 - Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges
- 1905 - Singer-songwriter Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- 1922 - Historian and author Howard Zinn
- 1929 - Politician and 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority Yasser Arafat
- 1965 - Actor Marlee Matlin
- 1973 - Comedian Dave Chappelle
- Gustav Holst - Pluto: The Renewer - LISTEN
- Bjork - Pluto - LISTEN
- Sufjan Stevens - Pluto - LISTEN
- Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right - LISTEN
- Joni Mitchell - Amelia - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-3 - Ready Jet Go! - Dear Little Frozen Pluto (1:07) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - Ready Jet Go! - Pluto is Not a Planet (1:44) - VIEW
- Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Is Pluto a Planet? (6:06) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Chasing Pluto - (53:07)- VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Why Study Pluto and Dwarf Planets? (5:54) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - NASA - Changing Views of Pluto (Available in Spanish) (5:16) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - NASA - Pluto, A Dwarf Planet in the Kuiper Belt (4:58) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS Space Time - Is Pluto a Planet? (14:03) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - The Planets: Ice Worlds (52:48) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - What Has New Horizons Taught Us About Pluto? (5:55) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Star Gazers - What Happened To Pluto? (3:40) - VIEW
THEME: VESUVIUS
- Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - The Next Pompeii: Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes (Available in Spanish) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - The Next Pompeii: Using Waves to Study Volcanoes (Available in Spanish) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Volcanologists Descend into Mt Vesuvius' Crater (2:58) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Rick Steve's Europe - Naples and Pompeii (25:05) - VIEW
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