This comprehensive site is my pick of the day because of its depth, breadth and excellent organization. These include the brainstem, cerebellum, limbic system, diencephalon, and cerebral cortex. The Teachers Guide gives additional background and classroom activities. All material is in the public domain and may be copied freely. My two favorite sections are Be an Ad Buster, where kids critique the images portrayed in cigarette billboards and magazine ads and Six Facts about Kids and Smoking.
Most people start using tobacco before they finish high school.
This means that if you stay smoke-free in school, you will probably never smoke. The following links are either new discoveries or sites that didn't make it into my newspaper column because of space constraints. Please let me know if any of these addresses have changed. You CAN let your children surf safely while preventing them from becoming an online statistic with Cyber Patrol, the world's most trusted Internet filtering software. HoadWorks provides innovative educational content, resources, games and multimedia design promoting creativity and literacy.