{"id":104,"date":"2018-11-09T08:20:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T16:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=104"},"modified":"2018-11-08T18:10:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T02:10:42","slug":"making-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/making-models\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Models"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My new Focus on STEM<\/em> column: Making Models<\/a><\/em> is in the November Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries<\/a><\/em> newsletter.<\/p>\n

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\nFall is here, and with the colder weather comes the yearly science fair. It\u2019s time for students of all ages to think of a new way to solve an old problem and then test their ideas. To plan their experiments and to share their results, these young scientists will need to develop models.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to read Making Models<\/em> with eight #kidlit science books that support the Next Generation Science Standard for Developing and Using Models<\/a> in the classroom and library.<\/p>\n

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It’s STEM Friday!<\/a> (STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2018 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My new Focus on STEM column: Making Models is in the November Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries newsletter. Snippet: Fall is here, and with the colder weather comes the yearly science fair. It\u2019s time for students of all ages to think of a new way to solve an old problem and then test their … <\/p>\n

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