Hot Air Balloons and Economics - June 5
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Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Today is Hot Air Balloon Day, Gingerbread Day, Veggie Burger Day, Sausage Roll Day, and World Environment Day
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Songs of the Day
Ocean/River Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Hot Air Balloons and Economics
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ON THIS DATE
- 1916 - Louis Brandeis is sworn in as the first Jewish Justice of the Supreme Court.
- 1933 - The United States goes off the gold standard.
- 1956 - Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show.
- 1968 - Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan.
- 1989 - The Tank Man blocks the progress of tanks in Tiananmen Square in China.
- 1995 - The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created.
- 1646 - Italian mathematician and philosopher Elena Cornaro Piscopia
- 1878 - Mexican general and politician Pancho Villa
- 1883 - British economist John Maynard Keynes
- 1934 - Journalist Bill Moyers
- 5th Dimension - Up, Up & Away, My Beautiful Balloon - LISTEN
Elvis Presley - Hound Dog - LISTEN - Nena - 99 Luftballons -
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OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Ocean Adventures - Spectacular Squid - VIEW
- Grades K-8 - PBS Learning Media - DragonflyTV - Hot Air Balloon (5:48) - VIEW
- Grades 2-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Hot Air Balloons (1:07) - VIEW
- Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia- STEM in 30 - Hot Air Balloons and Air Pressure (28:11) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - It's OK to Be Smart - The REAL Physics of Hot Air Balloons! (5:51) - VIEW
THEME: Economics
- Grades K-3 - ECON and ME Instructional Series - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Real Adam Smith Series - VIEW
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