{"id":307,"date":"2019-03-08T08:20:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T16:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=307"},"modified":"2019-03-06T15:40:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T23:40:36","slug":"solve-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/solve-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Solve This!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Solve This!: Wild and Wacky Challenges for the Genius Engineer in You<\/a>
\nby Joan Marie Galat (Author)<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> From the first wheel to the International Space Station, the miracles of engineering are all around us. Think cars, bridges, skyscrapers, and yes — even bubble wrap! Engineers dream up new ideas and bring them to life while figuring out creative solutions to problems they encounter along the way. But how do they do it? Find out as YOU take the challenges in this book! Then see how different National Geographic explorers tackled the challenge. (Psst! There’s often more than one solution!)<\/em><\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong>
\nThe Situation:<\/strong>
\nYour friend left a library book at your house, but you can’t return it because you’re quarantined with the flu. Fortunately, you live next door to one another and your bedroom windows are across a mere 15-foot (5-m) expanse. How can you deliver the goods without leaving your room?<\/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 2019 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Solve This!: Wild and Wacky Challenges for the Genius Engineer in You by Joan Marie Galat (Author) Booktalk: From the first wheel to the International Space Station, the miracles of engineering are all around us. Think cars, bridges, skyscrapers, and yes — even bubble wrap! Engineers dream up new ideas and bring them to life … <\/p>\n

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