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.

BIRTHDAYS

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

SONGS OF THE DAY

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

THEME: SHEEP

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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