Sheep and Sir Isaac Newton - July 5
Baa Baa Baa and a Bop on the Head Learning
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Today is Bikini Day, national Graham Cracker Day, National Apple Turnover Day, and Workaholics Day.
July is National Parks & Recreation Month and National Ice Cream Month.
National Natural Wonder: Maine - Acadia
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Sheep and Sir Isaac Newton
ON THIS DATE
- 1687 - Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
- 1937 - Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam! is introduced by Hormell Foods.
- 1946 - The bikini makes its debut at an outdoor fashion show in Paris.
- 1954 - Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis.
- 1975 - Arthur Ashe becomes the first, and to date only, black man to win a Wimbledon singles title.
- 1996 - Dolly the Sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
- 1756 - English actor Sarah Siddons
- 1810 - Showman P. T. Barnum
- 1940 - Artist Chuck Close
- 1943 - Singer-songwriter and guitarist Robbie Robertson
- 1963 - Actor Edie Falco
Elvis Presley - That's Alright - LISTEN- Brian Hyalnd - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - LISTEN
- The Band - The Weight - LISTEN
- Monty Python - Spam - LISTEN
Idina Menzel - Defying Gravity - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-12 - Sheep Sanctuary - Sheep Barn Live Cam - VIEW
- Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia - Valley's Gold - Sheep (2:12) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-K - NHPBS LearningMedia - Circle Time At Home - Learning to Recite Baa Baa Black (6:06) Sheep - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Murray Had a Little Lamb (6:48)- VIEW
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Ernie Counts Sheep To Sleep (3:02) - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Folktales of the World - Colombian Folktale: Pastorcita (Available in Spanish) (2:39) - VIEW
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Herding Dogs of the United Kingdom (7:44) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Bighorn Sheep - READ
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Kingdoms of the Sky - Head Banging Bighorn Sheep of the Rockies (2:56) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Crossroads - Sheep and Wool (26:39) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Return of the Tunis Sheep (5:16) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Indie Alaska - Searching for Sheep in Denali (4:55) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Running with the Herd (13:56) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Running With The Herd: The Recovery (7:28) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Outdoor Nevada - Bighorn Sheep (4:52) - VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Sheep and Wool (26:39) - VIEW
THEME: Isaac Newton
- Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Isaac Newton Reader - READ and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Eric Idle's The Entire Universe - Gravity (3:37) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Newton Must Have Been a Sports Fan (28:53) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - A Complicated Man - READ
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Einstein on Newton - READ
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Newton the Alchemist - READ
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Newton's Legacy - READ
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS VIdeo - Newton's Laws: Crash Course Physics (11:03) - VIEW
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