{"id":2555,"date":"2026-03-12T09:47:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/longridge1\/?p=2555"},"modified":"2026-03-12T09:47:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:47:33","slug":"dynamic-earth-careers-in-stem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/longridge1\/2026\/03\/12\/dynamic-earth-careers-in-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"Dynamic Earth -Careers in STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>P7 and P6 visited Dynamic Earth on Wednesday, during British Science Week. We were there to attend a careers showcase where we found out about different jobs involving STEM. We did VR mechanics and welding with Edinburgh college, we used ultrasound to examine what happens inside our mouth when we speak, we learned about nature and different types of rock found in Scotland. We were also lucky enough to have 2 visits to the planetarium where we travelled through the solar system and learned about how scientists photograph distant stars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2556\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/12094709\/IMG_0633-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/12094709\/IMG_0633-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/longridge1\/uploads\/sites\/7865\/2026\/03\/12094709\/IMG_0633-225x300.jpeg 225w, 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We were there to attend a careers showcase where we found out about different jobs involving STEM. We did VR mechanics and welding with Edinburgh college, we used ultrasound to examine what happens inside our mouth when we speak, we learned about nature&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/longridge1\/2026\/03\/12\/dynamic-earth-careers-in-stem\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dynamic Earth -Careers in STEM<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7602,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whole-school","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/longridge1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/longridge1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/longridge1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/longridge1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7602"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/longridge1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/longridge1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2565,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/longridge1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555\/revisions\/2565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/longridge1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/longridge1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/longridge1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}