Rachael participated in the HEARTH Academic Fair last Friday evening.  After weeks of trying to decide what to present, she finally chose Atoms & Molecules.  She had studied Chemistry in our co-op and learned so much.  The mom who teaches science in our co-op is a former high school science teacher who decided to homeschool her own children.  She is an AWESOME teacher! 

Rachael had initially thought about doing a presentation on Frank Lloyd Wright.  She's always been fascinated with architecture and has talked about possibly pursuing that as a career.  Unfortunately, Mr. Wright's personal life was not as clean as his architecture.  She did learn a lot about his building style and appreciated certain design elements that he used.  Being a math-minded child, she loved the geometric shapes found in nature that he was so fond of using.

All in all, the academic fair was great!  We were able to visit with other homeschool friends outside our co-op that we don't get to see too often.  You really get to see the individual personalities brought out in each project.  The creativity was amazing!