Thursday, March 24, 2011

The Academic Fair

Tonight was the Academic Fair at Jackson's school.  He has been looking forward to this for a long time.  For his project Jackson did "Reptiles and Amphibians."  How many of you are shock to see that he did not do airplanes?  Right now Jackson is just as passionate about reptiles and amphibians as he is about airplanes. 



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He did such a great job.  It was also a fun mom and son project.  He sat next to me and told me what to type about each animal, then we searched the Internet for pictures of each critter.  Then we put it all together.   He knew exactly how he watned everything, and think it looked really good.  He likes it so much he put it up in the living room when we got home and told us it was now a house decoration.  I think we will leave it there for awhile, but...
He learned so much, if you want to know what he learned just ask him.  He will tell you.  Just make sure you have enough time to listen to the answer. 

It was fun to see all the projects the other students did. of course someone had to do the baking soda volcano. It was a big hit with our boys.



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Each participant had to write a paper on what they learned from their Academic Fair Project.  This is what Jackson wrote:
I learn from the Academic Fair Bull Snakes aren't poisonous.  Frogs breath through their skin.  Frogs and Toads and the same animals.  Pit Vipers have a pit between their eyes above their nose.

(yeah, I fixed some spelling.)

1 comment:

Jon and Melissa said...

We just did this tonight. It was pretty fun. Our posters weren't as nice and fancy as your schools, but it was fun to do. We did tinfoil boats and guessed how many pennies it would take to sink the different shaped boats. FHE at it's best.