Wildlife - September 4

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Today is Wildlife Day, Macadamia Nut Day, and Eat an Extra Desert Day.

• Hispanic Heritage Month Resource of the Day: Somos Hispanos
• Classical Music Month Resource of the Day: Do You Know How Much Classical Music is Edited?

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Wildlife
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ON THIS DATE

• 1957 - Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus calls out the National Guard to stop nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock.
• 1972 - Swimmer Mark Spitz becomes the first athlete to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
• 1998 - Google is founded by Stanford University students Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
• 2002- Kelly Clarkson wins the first American Idol competition.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1908 - Author Richard Wright
• 1975 - Music producer and songwriter Mark Ronson
• 1981 - Musician Beyoncé

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild - LISTEN
  
• The Troggs - Wild Thing - LISTEN
• Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) - LISTEN
• Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk ft. Bruno Mars - LISTEN

THEME: WILDLIFE

• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Video  - Up Close & Natural Instructional Series - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades PreK-3 - PBS Kids - Nature Cat - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades K-5 - PBS Kids - Wild Kratts - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 3-6 - NHPBS Video  - NatureWorks Instructional Series - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Wildlife Journal Junior -VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video  - Nature - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

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