The Heart and Turtles - September 29

Monday, September 29, 2025

Today is Biscotti Day, Coffee Day, Inventors Day, World Heart Day, Confucius Day, World Rivers Day, Broadway Musicals Day, and Mutation Day (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  The Heart, Koalas, Rivers, and Turtles

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1789 – The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.

ON THIS DATE

• 1789 - The United States Department of War establishes a regular army of several hundred men.
• 1907 - The cornerstone is laid at the  Washington National Cathedral.
• 1990 - Construction of the Washington National Cathedral is completed.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1758 - English admiral Horatio Nelson
• 1901 - Physicist Enrico Fermi
• 1923 - Author and illustrator Stan Berenstain
• 1935 - Singer Jerry Lee Lewis
• 1943 - Polish electrician and politician Lech Walesa
• 1955 - Journalist Gwen Ifill

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - LISTEN
• Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On - LISTEN
• Heart - Barracuda - LISTEN
• Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty -  Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - LISTEN
  
• The Turtles - Happy Together - LISTEN

THEME: THE HEART

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - My Cute Little Heart Beat (2:30) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Young Explorers - Get Up & Go Play!: Jump Rope for Heart (1:42) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-8  - PBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Drinking Straw Pulse Measurer - DO
• Grades 1-6 - NHPBS Video - WCNY TV Classroom - Health and Wellness 104 - Healthy Heart Activities (26:46) - VIEW
• Grades 3-6 - NHPBS Video - Science Trek - Heart Basics (4:48) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS Video - NUTV Learning Live - The Heart: Comparing Heart Rates - Corey Earley (54:44) - VIEW
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia - SciGirls - Heart to Heart (Available in Spanish) - DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - New Hope for Heart Repair (6:02) - VIEW
  
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia  - Dissection 101 -  Detailed Sheep Heart Dissection Part 1 (4:53) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia  - Dissection 101 -  Detailed Sheep Heart Dissection  Part 2 (14:06) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - The Evolution of the Heart (A Love Story) (9:00) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Heart Health (1:03:09) - VIEW

THEME: TURTLES

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - T is for Turtle (1:46) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - I Get There (2:02) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Nature Cat - Baby Sea Turtles (3:46) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Nature Cat - Celia the Sea Turtle (3:43) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Splash and Bubble - Get Your Feet Wet - Baby Sea Turtles (1:30) - VIEW
• Grades K-3 - NHPBS - Up Close and Natural Instructional Video - Turtles (14:25) -VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Seeing Sea Turtles (2:36) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Boxed In (2:55) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Turtle Research (5:04) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS Learningmedia - DragonflyTV - Sea Turtles (7:32) - VIEW
• Grades 4-10 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle (5:25) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Turtles (26:46) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - How the Turtle Got Its Shell (8:28) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Troubled Waters: A Turtle's Tale (55:13) - VIEW

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