{"id":1411,"date":"2025-03-10T17:14:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T17:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary62023\/?p=1411"},"modified":"2025-03-10T17:14:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T17:14:41","slug":"stem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary62023\/2025\/03\/10\/stem\/","title":{"rendered":"STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week P7 were collaborating on the creation of floating wind turbine models.\u00a0 A lot of problem solving went into the design.\u00a0 Our young engineers came up with brilliant ways to hold the turbines in place with some groups adding anchors and others building stabilisers.<\/p>\n<p>At the start of the lesson learners decided to focus on two metaskills &#8211; collaboration and creativity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1412\" 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