The Moon - July 20

Lunar Learning

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Today is Fortune Cookie Day, International Cake Day, Nap Day, International Hot Dog Day, Moon Day, Space Exploration Day, National Lollipop Day, World Chess Day, and World Jump Day.

July is National Parks & Recreation Month and National Ice Cream Month.

National Natural Wonder: Idaho: Craters of the Moon

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: The Moon

ON THIS DATE

1969 - The Lunar Module Eagle from the Apollo Mission lands on the moon carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, who walk on the moon just hours later.
1976 - Viking 1 lands on Mars.

BIRTHDAYS

356 BC - Alexander the Great
1304 - Italian poet Petrarch
1591 - Puritan preacher Anne Hutchinson
1822 - Botanist Gregor Mendel
1938 - Actor Natalie Wood
1939 - Artist Judy Chicago
1947 - Musician Carlos Santana

SONGS OF THE DAY

Santana ft. Rob Thomas - Smooth - LISTEN
Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To the Moon - LISTEN
The Police - Walking On The Moon - LISTEN

THEME: THE MOON

Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - I Don't Want to Live On the Moon (Original) (2:38) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - I Don't Want to Live On the Moon (Animated) (2:57) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - I Don't Want to Live on the Moon with Ernie (Lennon and Maisy) (2:54) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cookie Monster Thinks the Moon is a Cookie - featuring Buzz Aldrin (54:53) - VIEW
Grades K-3 - Ready Jet Go! - Landing on the Moon (1:16) - VIEW
Grades K-3 - Ready Jet Go! - Why does the Moon Change Shape? (1:54) - VIEW
Grades K-3 - Ready Jet Go! - My Moon Journal - DO
Grades K-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Journey to the Moon (6:11) - VIEW
Grades 4-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - STEM in 30 -Voyage to the Moon: 50 Years Ago and Today (28:29) - VIEW
Grades 5-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - STEM in 30 - Moon Rocks (31:09) - VIEW
Grades 5-12 - NASA - The Moon - VIEW and READ
Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Back to the Moon - Finding Water on the Lunar Surface (3:31) - VIEW
Grades 6-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - The Origin of the Moon (Available in Spanish) (3:56)- VIEW, READ, DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - The Road to Apollo: An Interactive Journey - DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Chasing the Moon - Sputnik’s Launch Begins the Space Race (5:55) - VIEW, READ, DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Quest - NASA Ames Rocket to the Moon (11:41) - VIEW and DO
Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Chasing the Moon, Part 1 (8:31) - VIEW
Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Chasing the Moon, Part 2 (7:08) - VIEW
Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Chasing the Moon, Part 3 (9:16) - VIEW
Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - Apollo’s Most Important Discovery: Inside NASA’s Moon Rock V (10:22) - VIEW
Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - Why We Should Put Rockets on the Moon (11:31) - VIEW
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - NASA - Evolution of the Moon (Available in Spanish) (2:32) - VIEW
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - NASA - Meet ATHLETE, a Moon Rover (3:15) - VIEW, READ, DO

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