Mrs. O'Hora's House
Mrs. O's House is dedicated to providing information and engaging activities. The activities cover a wide variety of topics and offer many levels of difficulty. The EcoStudy Units employ higher order thinking skills to investigate special ecosystems and species. The problem based learning projects challenge users to examine and react to a variety of current issues. Puzzles and Projects makes use of online resources to enrich a broad set of topics.

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Internet Hunts > 200 Nature / Bluebirds Project - learn about bluebirds
Puzzles & Projects Milkweed and Monarch Butterfly Mania
Macintosh know how - Computers Plants and People
Problem/Project based Learning >100 ideas Water and Watershed Studies
Pennsylvania Projects > 80 Eco Study unit - Fields, Meadows, Fencerows | Wetlands
Prominent Pennsylvanians > 850 Science Observation skills builders > 44 activities
Civics: Projects | Essays | Elections | Quotes Learning links / Mac Links / About Author / FAQ
Internet Hunts:

May Internet Hunt

May Internet Activity #2

Death Penalty Debate - civics

May Civics Facts Internet Hunt

Environmental Exploration Activity

Environmentalists Internet Hunt

Exploring Light Phenomenon

April Morning Literature Hunt - novel by H. Fast

Puzzles & Projects Index : an extensive collection Pennsylvania Projects Index - a plethora are provided >80

Compare your Environmental Actions with another person

Lead Pb Environmental and Health Issues

Science observations/mysteries

Develop a Bird Feeder Watch List

Energy Saving Survey - Chart - Take Action Activity

Water Issue Digital Science Project

Environmental/Energy Issue Video Project

Energy Saving Digital Video Project

Saving on Lighting Energy Activity

Healthy County Digital Project | How to be Healthy Campaign

Concussion & Head Injury Action Project

Make a schematic representation

History Facts and Fictions - investigate

Make an Internet Fact Hunt about a Country

Patriotic or National Song Photo Story

Actively seek out alternative information

Sagan - Reflect on this mote of dust essay

50 State Facts exploration project

Chart Reading - Federal and State Budgets

Make a Presentation about your Student Handbook

Put your town on the map - Be a cyber cartographer

Open Records Law 2008 projects

Government - Sunshine Laws | The Public’s Right to Know

GeoWeb - Be a cyber cartographer put your town on the map

County Government Project

Pennsylvania Charters and Important Documents

Amend the Constitution of the Commonwealth of PA.

Evaluate a government web site

Thomas Paine and Common Sense

History Mystery Message Challenge

Transportation, Your Community, and You

Digital Storytelling - Life around here project

No Place like Home - Compare Contrast Geography Research Activity

Financial
dollar sign Your Personal Financial Survival Plan

dollar sign Credit Cards Facts Activity financial education

dollar sign Gas and Diesel Taxes

Specials

Privacy at school project

Working in a Group

Discerning Fake and Real Photos - Why does it matter to you?

Crossword Puzzles index > 30 Quizzes: 14
U. S. Constitution Facts puzzle pdf

Election Vocabulary MYO Puzzle project - rubric added

Make a Crossword Puzzle of Government Vocabulary - rubric added

The Scarlet Stockings Spy Quiz 4th - 6th

Stranger in the Woods Quiz K-2

Scientific Method Quiz

Nature Stuff - harness these activities to learn many interesting things
Best Treat of All - online children's book about birds

Bluebirds Project - EcoStudy Unit

Trees inventory and map project based learning

Plants and People Project

Problem based learning projects - many on nature/science

Habitat Garden - Make one at school or a park

Community Green Infrastructure Project

Life Cycles in nature

Fields, Meadows & Fencerows EcoStudy Unit

Wetlands EcoStudy Unit

Alternative Energy, Renewables & Energy Studies

Water & Watersheds Studies Index

Lentic Ecosystems and Lotic Ecosystems in PA

Sheets Island Archipelago Conundrum

Water and Air Pollution Activity

Habitat Project Digital Science Journal

Other Stuff
Articles: Mrs. O's other volunteer projects:
Central PA CSIU 16 Region Schools 2011 PSSA results Web site Volunteer - article
Central PA CSIU 16 Region Schools 2010 PSSA results Monarch Waystation & Habitat Garden
On Inspiration / Gaelic Blessing Education advocacy
Copyright notice / Author Friends of the Pine Ridge Reservation
Links to other interesting sites Make Book Covers - how to
Credit and Credibility - online report on the financial crisis
and the Credit Rating agencies
Sew Much Comfort - help provide clothing that accommodates medical devices for our wounded military personnel

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Updated May 10, 2012. Originally posted 2/1997.
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