{"id":13790,"date":"2026-09-24T12:32:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/2nd\/?p=13790"},"modified":"2026-09-24T12:32:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:32:37","slug":"abcs-of-stem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/2nd\/2026\/09\/24\/abcs-of-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"ABCs of STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13793 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/2nd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/ABCs-of-STEM-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/2nd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/ABCs-of-STEM-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/2nd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/ABCs-of-STEM-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/2nd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/ABCs-of-STEM-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/2nd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/ABCs-of-STEM.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Students are learning some of the ABCs of STEM!<br \/>A is for AERODYNAMIC<br \/>B is for BUOYANCY<br \/>C is for COORDINATION<br \/>D is for DENSITY<br \/>E is for ENTOMOLOGY<br \/><br \/>So, this week we explored being entomologists and went on playground &#8220;Bug Hunts&#8221; to see what we could find!<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I think you will be amazed if you ask your student what each of our words mean!<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students are learning some of the ABCs of STEM!A is for AERODYNAMICB is for BUOYANCYC is for COORDINATIOND is for DENSITYE is for ENTOMOLOGY So, this week we explored being entomologists and went on playground &#8220;Bug Hunts&#8221; to see what we could find! 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