Octopi (Octopuses, Octopode) and Ada Lovelace - October 8

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Today is National Salmon Day, World Octopus Day, Fluffernutter Day, National Pierogi Day, and Ada Lovelace Day.

World Animal Month Animal Cam of the Day:  Oregon State University Octo Cam
Dessert Mlnth Dessert of the Day: Pumpkin Spice Chewy Snickerdoodles
LGBT History Month Resource of the Day: The Pursuit: 50 Years in the Fight for LGBT Rights

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Octopi and Ada Lovelace

ON THIS DATE

• 1869 - Former president Franklin Pierce dies in Concord, N.H.
• 1871 - The Great Chicago Fire begins.
  1956 -  New York Yankees' Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series, beating the Brooklyn Dodgers by a score of 2-0 in game five.
• 2001 - President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
• 2003 - Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected governor of California.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1920 - Dune author Frank Herbert
• 1930  - Artist Faith Ringgold
• 1941- Activist Jesse Jackson
• 1943 - Actor Chevy Chase
• 1943 - Author R. L. Stine
• 1949 - Actor Sigourney Weaver
• 1964 - Singer-songwriter CeCe Winans
• 1970 - Actor Matt Damon
• 1985 - Singer Bruno Mars
• 1997 - Actor Bella Thorne

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Bruno Mars - Don't Give Up - LISTEN
  
• The Beatles - Octopus's Garden - LISTEN

THEME: Octopi

• Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - The Heaviest Catch (2:49) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - The Cat in the Hat - Coral Reef Camouflage (1:45) - VIEW
• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Octopus Power! (1:33) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Octo Explorer (1:51) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - All Tangled Up (2:11) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Scientist Profile: Octopus Trainer (2:09) - VIEW
  
• Grades 4-5 - NHPBS NatureWorks - Squid and Octopus - READ
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NOAA - Octopus Moving Along the Ocean Floor (1:34) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Big Pacific: Mysterious (53:36) -VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - The Fierce Humboldt Squid (10:02) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - My Date with a Giant Pacific Octopus (3:07) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12- NHPBS Video - Nature - Octopus Dreaming (1:48) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12- NHPBS Video -  Nature -  Can a Teenager Befriend an Octopus (1:57) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12- NHPBS Video -  Nature -  An Octopus' Coconut Home (2:29) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - If Your Hands Could Smell, You’d Be an Octopus (3:12) -VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - SciTech Now - Living Like an Octopus (5:27) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Biology - Simple Animals: Sponges, Jellies, & Octopuses (11:30) - VIEW

THEME:  ADA LOVELACE

• Grades 4-12 - BBC  - Newsround - Who Was Ada Lovelace? - READ
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Visionaries: Ada Lovelace (1:21) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - Computer History Museum - Ada Lovelace - READ 

Pressroom Contact

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