Astronomy - May 7
Out of This World Learning
Saturday, May 7, 2022
Today is astronomy Day, Free Comic Book Day, Learn to Ride a Bike Day and Mariachi Day.
May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Astronomy
ON THIS DATE
- 1824 - Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premieres in Vienna.
- 1915 - German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania off the Irish coast. killing 1,198 people.
- 1945 - Germany signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France.
- 1952 - The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is published by Geoffrey Dummer.
- 1992 - Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the Constitution making the 27th Amendment law.
- 1711 - Scottish economist and philosopher David Hume
- 1812 - English poet Robert Browning
- 1833 - German composer Johannes Brahms
- 1840 - Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1845 - Nurse and activist Mary Eliza Mahoney
- 1901 - Actor Gary Cooper
- 1954 - Director Amy Heckerling
Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining Star - LISTEN- Moby - We Are All Made of Stars - LISTEN
- Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5 - LISTEN
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture - LISTEN
THEME: Astronomy
- Grades K-4 - Ready Jet Go! - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Galileo: Discovering Jupiter's Moons (3:04) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Galileo: Sun-Centered System (5:08) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Quest - Amateur Astronomers (9:41) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Astronomy (3:01) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Stargazers Series - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Crash Course Astronomy Series - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS Space Time Series - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Masters - Unladylike2020 - Williamina Fleming (9:34) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 8-10 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Astronomy's Biggest Stars (12:03) - VIEW
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