Ozone Layer - September 16

Monday, September 16, 2024

Today is Trail of Tears Commemoration Day, Anne Bradstreet Day, Preservation of the Ozone Layer Day, Mayflower Day, Stepfamily Day, Guacamole Day, Play-doh Day, Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day, and Collect Rocks Day.

Classical Music Month Resource of the Day: American Masters: Zitkála-Šá: Trailblazing American Indian Composer and Writer

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  OZONE LAYER

ON THIS DATE

• 1630 - The village of Shawmut changes its name to Boston.
• 1920 -  A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
• 1940 - FDR signs the first peacetime military draft into law.
• 1974 - President Ford announces a conditional amnesty for Vietnam War draft dodgers.
• 1987 - The Montreal Protocol, designed to protect the ozone layer, is signed.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1886 - Abstract artist Jean Arp
• 1898 - Curious George co-creator H. A. Rey
• 1925 - Musician B.B. King
• 1925 - A Separate Peace author, John Knowles
• 1950 - Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr.
• 1971 - Actor Amy Poehler
• 1974 - Politicians Joaquin and Julian Castro
• 1992 - Musician Nick Jonas

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• ELO - Mr. Blue Sky - LISTEN
• B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone - LISTEN
• B.B. King - How Blue Can You Get - LISTEN

THEME: OZONE LAYER

• Grades K-5 - NHPBS Kids Writers Contest - Jacob and Jack Save the Ozone (1:35)  - VIEW
• Grades 3-6 - NASA - EO Kids - Ozone Hole - READ and DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Why Don’t We Hear About the Ozone Hole Anymore? (4:16) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Antarctic Ozone Hole Believed to Be Shrinking (4:08) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NASA - NASA Ozone Watch - VIEW, READ, DO, and MONITOR
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Global Weirding - What About the Ozone Hole? (8:33)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Changes in the Ozone Layer (2:49) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ozone Hole (Available in Spanish) (5:04) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ozone: The Good, the Bad, and the CFCs (4:58) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - A Hole in the Sky  (Available in Spanish) (3:47) - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet (55:51) - VIEW 
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet - Discovering the Ozone Hole (2:20) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet - The World Takes Action (6:13) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

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