{"id":39,"date":"2025-12-11T11:48:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p23sjhs\/?p=39"},"modified":"2025-12-11T11:52:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:52:52","slug":"science-idl-and-stem-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p23sjhs\/2025\/12\/11\/science-idl-and-stem-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Science &#8211; IDL and STEM visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"71\" data-end=\"441\">This term, P2\/3 have had a fantastic time exploring dissolving and the water cycle with Mrs Gear and Mr Fraser. The children began by investigating which materials dissolve in water, then moved on to exploring how heat can melt and solidify different substances. They absolutely loved becoming real scientists and learning through\u00a0hands-on experiments.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"71\" data-end=\"441\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114059\/IMG_0361-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114059\/IMG_0361-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114059\/IMG_0361-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114059\/IMG_0361-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114059\/IMG_0361-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114059\/IMG_0361-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"71\" data-end=\"441\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-43\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114338\/IMG_0363-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114338\/IMG_0363-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114338\/IMG_0363-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114338\/IMG_0363-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114338\/IMG_0363-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114338\/IMG_0363-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"71\" data-end=\"441\">P2\/3 were also thrilled to welcome the UHI STEM team for a special visit. The class took on a series of exciting Kapla building challenges\u2014from constructing the tallest tower to designing the strongest structure, and even creating the one that made the <em data-start=\"696\" data-end=\"705\">biggest<\/em> crash when it toppled over! Their enthusiasm, creativity, and teamwork shone through every moment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"71\" data-end=\"441\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p23sjhs\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG_0260-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p23sjhs\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG_0260-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p23sjhs\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG_0260-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p23sjhs\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG_0260-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p23sjhs\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG_0260-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p23sjhs\/files\/2025\/12\/IMG_0260-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"71\" data-end=\"441\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-44\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114604\/IMG_0258-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114604\/IMG_0258-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114604\/IMG_0258-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114604\/IMG_0258-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114604\/IMG_0258-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114604\/IMG_0258-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"71\" data-end=\"441\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-46\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114713\/IMG_0262-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114713\/IMG_0262-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114713\/IMG_0262-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114713\/IMG_0262-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114713\/IMG_0262-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/p23sjhs\/uploads\/sites\/3647\/2025\/12\/11114713\/IMG_0262-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This term, P2\/3 have had a fantastic time exploring dissolving and the water cycle with Mrs Gear and Mr Fraser. The children began by investigating which materials dissolve in water, then moved on to exploring how heat can melt and solidify different substances. They absolutely loved becoming real scientists and learning through\u00a0hands-on experiments. P2\/3 were &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p23sjhs\/2025\/12\/11\/science-idl-and-stem-visit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Science &#8211; IDL and STEM visit&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5816,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14,12,13],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-idl","tag-science","tag-stem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p23sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p23sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p23sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p23sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5816"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p23sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p23sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p23sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p23sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p23sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/p23sjhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}