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Great Ideas for October!
Crime Prevention Month
National Crime Prevention Council Articles
of interest concerning homes, schools, neighborhoods. (some in Spanish)
http://www.ncpc.org/
Drug Awareness Month
Red Ribbon Week
Texas Commission
on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
http://www.tcada.state.tx.us/redribbon/
Red Ribbon
Resources
http://www.redribbonresources.com/default.asp?pID=9
Red Ribbon Week
Activities
http://www.drugsrdumb.com/activities.html
NewsHour-Lesson plans 9-12
Students will
discuss the cultural influences on use of club drugs, identify specific club
drug characteristics and ways they are used, evaluate drug information sources
for reliability, and increase community awareness of issues surrounding club
drugs
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/
health/clubdrugs/index.html#standards
The
Reconstructors
The
development team at the Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning at Rice
University has been creating and testing the effectiveness of using web-based
science materials in middle school classrooms. The result is a
research-based adventure series that students enjoy playing and more
importantly, the students demonstrate better understanding of the concepts such
as the scientific method, the nervous system, and the interaction between
science and technology after they have played it.
The
web adventure is titled The
Reconstructors.™
It
is
free thanks to funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and it delivers
substantive science content through two different interactive Missions
The
adventure episodes are relatively easy to download. All it takes is the Flash
plug-in that is included in the latest version of any Internet browser or can be
downloaded from the Macromedia web site.
http://reconstructors.rice.edu/
Oct
2, 2006
Yom
Kippur
Explanation
of Jewish traditions from the Jewish Children's Network
http://www.akhlah.com/holidays/yomkippur/YomKippur.asp
October 8-12
Fire Prevention Week
Fire Safety Tips
Great tips for
children, plus a fire safety activity.
http://pbskids.org/caillou/grownups/safety.html
Smokey Bear
Site includes information, games,
and coloring pages concerning fire prevention.
http://www.smokeybear.com/kids/default.asp
USFA Kid's Page
United States Fire Administration's
Teacher's Guide. It includes discussion points for talking about fire safety and
prevention with your kids offline, lesson plans, answers to the online quizzes,
educational resources, and the Kids Page Feedback Form. The Kids Page is targeted
towards children in grades Pre-K through 3.
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/kids/l.htm
October 12
Columbus Day
Timeline, myths (and answers), short
biography, story of Columbus Doors of the U.S. Capital, and more.
http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/web.pages/holidays/Columbus.html
Oct.
24, 2006
Ramadan
Ends
Ramadan is a "month of blessing" marked
by prayer, fasting, and charity.
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/ramadan1.html
October 25
Picasso's Birthday
National Gallery of the Arts
This teachers' guide investigates
three National Gallery of Art paintings included in the exhibition Picasso:
The Early Years, 1892-1906 (March 30-July 27 1997). This guide is written
for teachers of middle and high school students. It includes
background information, discussion questions and suggested activities.
http://www.nga.gov/education/picteach.htm
Univ. of Michigan Museum of Art
View images of
many artists works, including Picasso's works.
http://www.si.umich.edu/Art_History/demoarea/htdocs/
October
29, 2006
Daylight Saving Time Ends-Standard
Time Begins
(Fall Back)
History, rationale, adoption of U.S.
law
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/index.html
***Special
note-Date
change in 2007
On August 8, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of
2005. This Act changed the time change dates in the U.S. Beginning in 2007,
DST will begin on the second Sunday of March, and end the first Sunday of
November. Note that the Secretary shall report to Congress on the impact of this
change. Congress retains the right to revert the Daylight Saving Time back to
the 2005 time schedules once the Department study is complete.
October 31
Halloween
Costume ideas from Goodwill
http://www.goodwillnj.org/halloween/make-costume.html
History of the some origins of
Halloween
http://wilstar.com/holidays/hallown.htm
Updated:
October 01, 2007
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