Hot Air Balloons and Economics - June 5
Up, Up, and Away Learning
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Today is Hot Air Balloon Day, Gingerbread Day, Veggie Burger Day, Sausage Roll Day, and World Environment Day
Today's Birthdays
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 -
LISTEN
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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