{"id":1502,"date":"2023-07-14T05:50:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T12:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2023-07-13T15:29:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T22:29:14","slug":"almost-invisible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/almost-invisible\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost Invisible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/QT07.23.png?resize=525%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19944\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My new <em>Focus on STEM<\/em> column, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Focus-on-STEM-Almost-Invisible-\/pid=9783123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Almost Invisible<\/a><\/em>, is in the free July <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/quick-tips-for-schools-and-libraries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries<\/a><\/em> newsletter from <em>Booklist<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-889\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/stemfriday.tiny_.jpg?resize=216%2C104\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"104\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/\">STEM Friday!<\/a> (<strong>STEM<\/strong> is <strong>S<\/strong>cience, <strong>T<\/strong>echnology, <strong>E<\/strong>ngineering, and <strong>M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My new Focus on STEM column, Almost Invisible, is in the free July Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries newsletter from Booklist. 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