With the ever increasing use of the Internet for research, lesson delivery, interactive sites for students; we need to pause and review how to keep our students and ourselves safe as we use the information highway.  Here are a few good sites to visit.

• Net Safer has links for teachers, parents, and students.
• Netsmartz from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is a terrific site filled with information for young children and for teens.  On the educators page, download the NetSmartz Back-2-School kit including animated videos, lesson plans, and hands-on activities for Primary and Intermediate age children.  This is an interactive site allowing children to learn as they have fun.
• Cyber Smart offers a non-sequential, easily integrated curriculum for grades K-8 for safely using computers. 
• I-Safe offers a site designed for teens to learn about cyber safety called X-Block.
• Cyber Safety for Kids is a printable poster to keep beside the computer to remind children of safety rules to follow while online
• Stay Safe Online provides free and non-technical cyber security and safety resources to the public, so consumers, small businesses and educators have the know how to avoid cyber crime. 

Why Do Leaves Change Colors in the Fall?  To learn answers to this question, visit the following sites:

• Why Leaves Change Colors in the Fall
• Leaves Change Colors
• Why Leaves Change Colors
• Autumn Leaf Color

 Events in October:

• October 4 - 10 is World Space Week and the theme for 2009 is "Space for Education"

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• Columbus Day is celebrated on October 12, 2009

• National Chemistry Week is October 18-24.

• Fire Prevention Month for more activities visit the Teacher site on Tech Update.
• Child Health Month, Oct. 1-31, was created to promote child health messages on nutrition, immunizations, violence prevention, injury prevention, and substance abuse (http://www.aap.org/).
• International Dinosaur Month is devoted to the study of dinosaurs and the protection and preservation of their fossils.  An online hypertext book on dinosaurs can be found at Zoom Dinosaurs. 
• Dental Hygiene Month was created to increase awareness of the importance of preventative oral hygiene care.
• National Pasta Month celebrate the health benefits of pasta.
• National Popcorn Month commemorates the wholesome, natural food value of popcorn, America's native snack.  The website provides teacher resources, activities for students, and great recipes.
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