{"id":533,"date":"2019-09-13T05:40:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T12:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=533"},"modified":"2019-09-12T16:26:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T23:26:12","slug":"fun-with-nature-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/fun-with-nature-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun with Nature Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/funwithnature_0.png?resize=525%2C677&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"677\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9601\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fun-Nature-Projects-Science-Buddies\/dp\/1541574893\/\">Fun with Nature Projects: Bubble Wands, Sunset in a Glass, and More<\/a><br \/>\nby Megan Borgert-Spaniol (Author)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Photos and step-by-step instructions guide readers through projects that introduce them to the science of nature. While making a volcano or a thermometer, readers will learn about light, temperature, and more.<\/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\/2019\/09\/funwithnature_8.png?resize=525%2C677&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"677\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9602\" \/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/funwithnature_9.png?resize=525%2C677&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"677\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9603\" \/><\/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 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fun with Nature Projects: Bubble Wands, Sunset in a Glass, and More by Megan Borgert-Spaniol (Author) Booktalk: Photos and step-by-step instructions guide readers through projects that introduce them to the science of nature. While making a volcano or a thermometer, readers will learn about light, temperature, and more. Snippet: It&#8217;s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/fun-with-nature-projects\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fun with Nature Projects&#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-533","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-8B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":70,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/a-frogs-life-by-irene-kelly\/","url_meta":{"origin":533,"position":0},"title":"A Frog&#8217;s Life by Irene Kelly","author":"@roberta3","date":"October 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"At Growing With Science blog this week, we're jumping in excitement for A Frog's Life by Irene Kelly and illustrated by Margherita Borin. 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