{"id":158,"date":"2018-12-07T08:20:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T16:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=158"},"modified":"2018-12-07T07:50:04","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T15:50:04","slug":"earth-verse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/earth-verse\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Verse"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earth Verse: Haiku from the Ground Up<\/a>
\nby Sally M. Walker (Author) and William Grill (Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Explore Earth\u2019s many marvels — fossilized skeletons of plants and animals, terrific volcanic eruptions, the never-ending hydrologic cycle — with three-line haikus. Additional detailed explanations for the science behind each concept can be found in the back matter.<\/em> <\/p>\n

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A 2018 Cybils Poetry nominee<\/a><\/em><\/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":"

Earth Verse: Haiku from the Ground Up by Sally M. Walker (Author) and William Grill (Illustrator) Booktalk: Explore Earth\u2019s many marvels — fossilized skeletons of plants and animals, terrific volcanic eruptions, the never-ending hydrologic cycle — with three-line haikus. Additional detailed explanations for the science behind each concept can be found in the back matter. … <\/p>\n

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