{"id":662,"date":"2013-04-29T15:02:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T14:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentSCIENCE\/?page_id=662"},"modified":"2021-11-17T10:57:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T09:57:03","slug":"p6-knex-challenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentSCIENCE\/science-clubs\/p6-knex-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"P6 K&#8217;Nex Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Glasgow Science festival, our local Primary schools at Busby, Carolside and Netherlee take part in a set of challenges using the popular construction toy K&#8217;Nex. 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