{"id":1657,"date":"2024-08-02T05:50:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T12:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1657"},"modified":"2024-08-01T13:50:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T20:50:50","slug":"measuring-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/measuring-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Measuring Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/measuringmefc.jpg?resize=370%2C432&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"432\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22287\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanemiller.com\/measuring-me.html\">Measuring Me!<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nby Nicola Kent (Author \/ Illustrator)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Discover amazing facts about the human body and explore measuring in a very personal way! <em>A double-sided pull-out height chart can be found in a pocket inside the back cover.<\/em>      <\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/measuring-me-interior-2.png?resize=525%2C308&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"308\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22288\" \/><\/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 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Measuring Me! by Nicola Kent (Author \/ Illustrator) Booktalk: Discover amazing facts about the human body and explore measuring in a very personal way! A double-sided pull-out height chart can be found in a pocket inside the back cover. Snippet: It&#8217;s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Copyright \u00a9 2024 Anastasia Suen &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/measuring-me\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Measuring Me!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stem-friday-round-up"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pamhGQ-qJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":890,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/monster-measuring\/","url_meta":{"origin":1657,"position":0},"title":"Monster Measuring","author":"Anastasia Suen","date":"October 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound Monster Measuring by Madeline Tyler (Author) and Amy Li (Illustrator) Booktalk: Some monsters are tall, and some are short! 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