Magnet Exploration

Inquiry Room Investigation

Explore how magnetism shapes our world and the ways that magnets work in your favorite devices. Learn about magnetic fields and perform experiments to discover objects’ magnetic properties. Explore the forces of attraction and repulsion to make objects levitate!

In-person capacity may be limited in compliance with public health guidelines in effect on the day of your visit.

 

Subjects: Physical Sciences
Program Type: Inquiry Room Investigation
NYS Standards:

• P-PS2-1 Use tools and materials to design and build a device that causes an object to move faster with a push or a pull.
• K-PS2-1 Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
• 2-PS1-1 Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.
• 3-PS2-3 Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
• 3-PS2-4 Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.

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