{"id":57727,"date":"2026-03-18T12:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/?p=57727"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:40:11","slug":"do-we-need-to-see-something-to-believe-it-is-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birkwood.org.uk\/website\/do-we-need-to-see-something-to-believe-it-is-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Do we need to see something to believe it is real?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">Year 3 Jemison have been discussing this big question in partnership with Science week.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">We know that scientists look for evidence to know something exists such as gravity, wind, sound or germs, but do we agree that we must see something to know it is real?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1080\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.birkwood.org.uk\\\/website\\\/do-we-need-to-see-something-to-believe-it-is-real\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:49611673}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1080px; 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