{"id":21629,"date":"2019-07-20T13:37:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T17:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myedme.com\/login\/?p=21629"},"modified":"2019-07-20T13:48:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T17:48:33","slug":"fairfax-is-stem-science-experiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/fairfax-is-stem-science-experiments\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairfax is STEM: Science Experiments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our Electricity is Elementary book contains reading and scientific questions along with hands-on science experiments you can do at home.  We know that children are naturally curious, and experiments like these help them answer questions and develop problem-solving skills that will help them in future situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This experiment has a gap in the circuit so children can explore a wide range of objects. If you do this at home, we suggest creating a simple chart to track &#8220;Insulator&#8221; and &#8220;Conductor&#8221;. 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