Magnet Exploration

Inquiry Room Investigation

Learn about magnetic fields and experiment with materials that are magnetic. Explore attraction and repulsion. Make magnets float.

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

Explore our Virtual Magnet Exploration field trip experience

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

• 3-PS2-4 Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets
• 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.

NGSS Keywords: Physical Science, Forces, Energy

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