{"id":485,"date":"2020-02-23T14:27:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T14:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/inverclydeacademy\/?page_id=485"},"modified":"2023-05-23T12:31:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T12:31:44","slug":"stem-at-inverclyde-academy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/inverclydeacademy\/stem-at-inverclyde-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"STEM at Inverclyde Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What is STEM<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"680\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/inverclydeacademy\/stem-at-inverclyde-academy\/stem_gris_746x419\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/inverclydeacademy\/uploads\/sites\/7221\/2021\/01\/27161814\/STEM_gris_746x419.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"746,419\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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