{"id":1557,"date":"2022-12-02T13:42:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T13:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/class1926b\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2022-12-02T13:42:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T13:42:08","slug":"stem-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/class1926b\/2022\/12\/02\/stem-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Stem challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This week we worked in groups to complete different STEM challenges. We discussed the importance of team work, communication, problem solving and creativity before completing each activity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Challenge 1: What is the strongest boat you can make using kitchen foil and no other materials? We enjoyed testing how many marbles our boats could hold before they sank. <\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u26f5\ufe0f<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Challenge 2: Using a water dropper, how many drops of water can you fit on different coins? <\/span><span class=\"s2\">\ud83e\ude99<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Challenge 3: What is the tallest tower you can make with one pack of cards? <\/span><span class=\"s2\">\ud83c\udccf\u2663\ufe0f<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> This was definitely the most challenging of them all!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Challenge 4: How long can you make a paper chain using only one sheet of paper, scissors and glue? <\/span><span class=\"s2\">\ud83d\udcc4\ud83d\udd87<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1558 aligncenter\" 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We discussed the importance of team work, communication, problem solving and creativity before completing each activity. Challenge 1: What is the strongest boat you can make using kitchen foil and no other materials? We enjoyed testing how many marbles our boats could hold before &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/class1926b\/2022\/12\/02\/stem-challenges\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stem challenges<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27163,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-1557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-stem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/class1926b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/class1926b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/class1926b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/class1926b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/class1926b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/class1926b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1564,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/class1926b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions\/1564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/class1926b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/class1926b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/class1926b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}