Hot Air Balloons and Economics - June 5
Up, Up, and Away Learning
Friday, June 5, 2026
Today is Hot Air Balloon Day, National Gingerbread Day, National Donut Day, National Veggie Burger Day, Sausage Roll Day, and World Environment Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day
Ocean/River Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Hot Air Balloons and Economics
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 - Sirhan Bishara Sirhan shot Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
- 1989 - The Tank Man blocks tanks' advance 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
- Pat Mora - Ode to Teachers
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
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