{"id":1417,"date":"2023-01-13T05:50:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T13:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1417"},"modified":"2023-01-12T15:11:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T23:11:10","slug":"luminous-living-things-that-light-up-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/luminous-living-things-that-light-up-the-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night<\/em>
\nby Julia Kuo (Author \/ Illustrator)
\n@ Amazon<\/a> | Bookshop<\/a> | IndieBound<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> When it\u2019s dark out, we need light to see. But what if your body could make its own light? Explore bioluminescence, the light made from living things, and its many forms: fireflies and foxfire, fungi and glow-worms, deep-sea fish and vampire squids in this picture book with simple text and sidebars that reveal scientific facts about each of them.<\/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 2023 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night by Julia Kuo (Author \/ Illustrator) @ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Booktalk: When it\u2019s dark out, we need light to see. But what if your body could make its own light? Explore bioluminescence, the light made from living things, and its many forms: fireflies and foxfire, … <\/p>\n

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