{"id":156,"date":"2021-06-15T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T06:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.com\/blog\/?p=156"},"modified":"2022-08-20T09:20:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T05:20:24","slug":"engineering-towers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.com\/blog\/engineering-towers\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering Towers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learner.org\/series\/engineering-towers-elementary-school-educator-curriculum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Engineering Towers<\/a><\/span> STEAM lesson series takes students on a journey of building towers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-157\" width=\"298\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-14.png 298w, https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-14-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Take primary students through the engineering design cycle. 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