{"id":1341,"date":"2013-12-05T16:16:01","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T16:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2013-12-06T21:54:49","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T21:54:49","slug":"watching-great-grow-along-at-pembroke-meadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/watching-great-grow-along-at-pembroke-meadows\/","title":{"rendered":"Watching &#8216;Great Grow Along&#8217; at Pembroke Meadows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fifth-grade students at Pembroke Meadows Elementary School have been hard at work with the Great Grow Along project. The Great Grow Along is an animal feeding project using live rats where students witness the effect of nutrition on growth and are challenged to reflect on their own food behaviors.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1342\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/GreatGrow-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1342\" alt=\"Fifth-grade students watch carefully as one of the rats races to complete the maze.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/GreatGrow-1-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/GreatGrow-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/GreatGrow-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/GreatGrow-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fifth-grade students watch carefully as one of the rats races to complete the maze.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Students also learn the steps of the scientific method and how to set up a valid scientific experiment, collect data and analyze the results.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1343\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Fotor1205111239.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1343\" alt=\"At left, Dr. Mary Ryan assists her student, Emily Old, in weighing a rat and measuring its tail. At right, fifth-grade student Marquise Brunson weighs a cardboard box containing one of the rats.  \" src=\"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Fotor1205111239.png\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Fotor1205111239.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Fotor1205111239-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Fotor1205111239-400x300.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At left, Dr. Mary Ryan assists her student, Emily Old, in weighing a rat and measuring its tail. At right, fifth-grade student Marquise Brunson weighs a cardboard box containing one of the rats.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifth-grade students at Pembroke Meadows Elementary School have been hard at work with the Great Grow Along project. 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