Drums, Squid and Cuttlefish, and Sight - October 10

Thursday, October 10, 2024

Today is World Porridge Day, Hug A Drummer Day, Cake Decorating Day, Handbag Day, Metric Day, Squid & Cuttlefish Day, World Homeless Day, Mental Health Day, World Porridge Day, Angel Food Cake Day, World Sight Day, and Tuxedo Day.

World Animal Month Animal Cam of the Day: Texas State Aquarium Cuttlefish Cam
Dessert Month Dessert of the Day: Pumpkin Spice Cake with Honey Frosting
LGBT History Month Resource of the Day: Lorraine Hansberry

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Drums, Squid and Cuttlefish, and Sight

ON THIS DATE

• 1780 - The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills up to 30,000 in the Caribbean.
• 1935 - George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess opens on Broadway.
• 1966 - The Beach Boys' song "Good Vibrations" is released.
• 1973 - Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with tax evasion.
• 1979 - Hockey great Wayne Gretzky makes his NHL debut with the Edmonton Oilers.
• 2005 - Angela Merkel becomes Germany's first female chancellor.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1684 - French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau
• 1731 - English scientist Henry Cavendish
• 1738 - Painter Benjamin West
• 1813 - Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi
• 1917 - Musician Thelonious Monk
• 1924 - Producer and director Ed Wood
• 1930 - English playwright Harold Pinter
• 1946 - Singer-songwriter John Prine
• 1946 - Actor Ben Vereen
• 1954 - Singer David Lee Roth
• 1958 - Singer Tanya Tucker
• 1963 - Journalist Daniel Pearl
• 1967 - Governor of California Gavin Newsom

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Guiseppe Verdi - La Traviata: 'Brindisi' - LISTEN
• Thelonious Monk - Don't Blame Me - LISTEN
• John Prine - Hello In There  - LISTEN
• Van Halen - Jump - LISTEN
• Tanya Tucker - Delta Dawn - LISTEN
• Ben Vereen - Magic To Do - LISTEN
• Stone Poneys w. Linda Ronstadt -Different Drum - LISTEN
• Carrie Underwood  - Different Drum - LISTEN
• Mike Nesmith - Different Drum - LISTEN
• Todd Rundgren - Bang the Drum All Day - LISTEN
• Van Morrison - Brown-eyed Girl - LISTEN
• Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes - LISTEN
  
• Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes - LISTEN
• Jimmie Cliff - I Can See Clearly Now - LISTEN

THEME: DRUMS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Bert and Ernie Play Drums (2:12) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - M is for Musician with Questlove (3:02) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - South American Drums! (1:24) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Evelyn Glennie Plays the Drums (3:35)  - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Drumming School: Murray Had a Little Lamb (6:45) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Drumming for Exercise (2:37) - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Steel Drum Rhythm (1:39) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS Video - Crafts for Kids -Make a Chinese Rattle Drum (1:03) - VIEW and DO
• Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - The Drums And Bells Of China Sing-a-long (1:40)  - VIEW
  
• Grades PreK-2 - Let's Go Luna! - A Chinese Drum Performance (2:43) - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Molly of Denali - Grandpa's Drum (25:25) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 1-4 - PBS LearningMeida - Zoom -Pitch: Super Sounding Drums (Available in Spanish) (3:44) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Zoom - Hana's Japanese Drums (2:47) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Wyoming's Native Americans - Shoshone Drum (2:35)  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Wyoming's Native Americans - Arapaho Drum (1:38) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Ancestors Talk Through Drums (3:51) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Antiques Roadshow - Civil War Drum (4:36) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 -  NHPBS Video - Sound Field - How To Make a Living As a Drummer with LA Buckner (8:10) -  VIEW

THEME: SQUID AND CUTTLEFISH

• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Whale of a Squid (26:26) - VIEW
  
• Grades 4-5 - NHPBS NatureWorks - Squid and Octopus - READ
• Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Camouflaging Cuttlefish (4:56) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - I Contain Multitudes - Nature's Cutest Symbiosis: The Bobtail Squid (8:05) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Magical Land of Oz - Giant Cuttlefish in the Spencer Gulf  (3:34) - VIEW
• Grades 5-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Ocean Adventures -Spectacular Squid (4:31) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Big Pacific: Mysterious - Bioluminescent Firefly Squid (3:39) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - The Fierce Humboldt Squid (10:02) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Cuttlefish: Tentacles in Disguise (3:54) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Deep Look -You're Not Hallucinating. That's Just Squid Skin (3:17) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - MIT's Science Out Loud - Squid Skin with a Mind of Its Own (4:32) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - bioGraphic - Invisible Nature: The Glowing Squid (4:31) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Cool Critters: Dwarf Cuttlefish - (Available in Spanish) (2:14) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Eons - How the Squid Lost Its Shell (8:05) - VIEW

THEME:  SIGHT

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Abby and Prince Charming Go to the Eye Doctor (1:23) - VIEW
  
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts -Techno Googly-Eyes (2:51) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Eight-eyed Monster (3:04) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Night Primates (1:33) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 2-6 - PBS LearningMedia - A-Z Career Lab - Ophthalmologist (5:34) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - National Institutes of Health - Ask a Scientist - Eyes and Sight Collection (1:55)  - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Eyes Collection - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS Video - Science Trek - Eyes: Seeing is Believing (4:10) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - How Sharp Are an Eagle's Eyes? (2:45) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMEdia - Physics Girl - Could You Replace Your Eye with a Camera? (5:37) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Can Evolution Make an Eye? - 12 Days of Evolution #4 (1:47) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Is Your Eye Color Real? (5:21) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - What Are Eye Boogers? (1:47) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Dissection 101: Detailed Cow Eye Dissection Video Part 1 (4:17) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia -Dissection 101:  Detailed Cow Eye Dissection Video Part 2 (11:18) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Ask the Doctors - Eyes and Vision (57:58) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

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