Earthquakes - August 31
Shake Up Your Learning
Sunday, August 31, 2025
Today is Matchmaker Day, National Trail Mix Day, and National Eat Outside Day.
- Health and Wellness Month Resource of the Day: Youth Mental Health Collection
- Sandwich Month Sandwich of the Day: Peanut Butter and Pickles Sandwich
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Earthquakes
ON THIS DATE
- 1886 - A 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes the Charleston, South Carolina area.
- 1888 - Jack the Ripper's first victim, Mary Ann Nichols, is murdered.
- 1997 - Diana, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car crash in Paris.
- 12 - Roman emperor Caligula
- 1852 - Engish economist John Neville Keynes
- 1870 - Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori
- 1908 - Writer William Saroyan
- 1918 - Songwriter and composer Alan Jay Lerner
- 1945 - Musician Van Morrison
- 1945 - Violinist Itzhak Perlman - Sesame Street - Easy and Hard
- 1949 - Actor Richard Gere
- Van Morrison - Brown-eyed Girl - LISTEN
- Carole King - I Feel the Earth Move - LISTEN
- Bill Hailey and the Comets - Shake Rattle and Roll - LISTEN
- The Cars - Shake It Up - LISTEN
- Elvis Presley - All Shook Up - LISTEN
- Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On - LISTEN
- The Beatles - Twist and Shout - LISTEN
- Grades K-4 - Ready Jet Go! - Learning About Earthquakes (2:14) - VIEW
- Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Earthquakes (Available in Spanish) (7:16) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-12 - USGS - Latest Earthquakes - TRACK
- Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragnflyTV - Scientist Profile: Earthquake Scientist (Available in Spanish) (1:40) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Forecasting Earthquakes (3:39) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - The Difficulty of Predicting Earthquakes (2:56) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Explaining Earthquakes (4:26) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Megathrust Earthquakes (10:49) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: San Francisco (3:28) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: Los Angeles (5:13) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: The Prehistoric Records (3:19) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Deadliest Earthquakes (53:05) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: The Seismograph (3:39) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Earthquakes: When Plates Collide (Available in Spanish) (3:02) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Predicting Earthquakes (4:20) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 9-12 - USGS - The 1886 Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake: A 1986 Perspective - READ
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