Whale Sharks - August 30

Big Fish Learning

Saturday, August 30, 2025

Today is International Cabernet Sauvignon Day, International Whale Shark Day, National Beach Day, National Grief Awareness Day, Frankenstein Day, National Toasted Marshmallow Day, and Slinky Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Whale Sharks

ON THIS DATE

  • 1963 - A hotline communication link is established between the White Houe and the Kremlin.
  • 1965 - Bob Dylan's album Highway 61 Revisited is released.
  • 1967 - The U.S. Senate confirms Thurgood Marshall as the first African-American Supreme Court Justice.
  • 1983 - Guion S. Bluford Jr. becomes the first African-American astronaut to travel in space.

BIRTHDAYS

SONGS OF THE DAY 

  • Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife - LISTEN
  • Jimmy Buffet - Fins - LISTEN
  • Dickie Goodman - Mr. Jaws - LISTEN
  • Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone - LISTEN
  • Beach Boys - Sufin' Safari - LISTEN

THEME: WHALE SHARKS

  • Grades K-3 - Splash and Bubbles - Get Your Feet Wet: Whale Sharks (1:43) - VIEW
  • Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal, Junior - Rhincodontidae - Whale Sharks - READ
  • Grades 4-12 - NOAA & the Octonauts Podcast - Whale Sharks - LISTEN and READ
  • Grades 4-12 - Nature - Whale Shark Fact Sheet (2:17) - VIEW and READ
  • Grades 4-12 - World Wildlife Federation - Whale Sharks - READ and VIEW
  • Grades 4-12 - Georgia Aquarium - Whale Shark - READ and VIEW
  • Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Changing Seas - The Biggest Fish in the Sea (26:54) - VIEW
  • Grades 5-12 - Florida Museum of Natural History - Whale Shark - READ
  • Grades 5-12- NHPBS Video - Changing Seas - Biggest Fish in the Sea (26:53) - VIEW
  • Grades 5-12 - Nova - The Secret Lives of Whale Sharks - READ
  • Grades 6-12- PBS LearningMedia - Kip Evans - Whale Sharks (3:15) - VIEW

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