Magnetic Motion
Make paper vehicles float and design your own mazes that work with the power of magnets!
Explore:
- Magnetic Forces
- Magnetic Attraction
- Maze Design
Fun Facts
Talk about having a mag-nificent sense of direction! Photo by Kris Mikael Krister via Unsplash
- Did you know? Sea turtles can sense Earth’s magnetic field! They use the field like a map to help them get home, even when they’re thousands of miles away.
- Some breakfast cereals contain enough of the magnetic material iron that you can pick up the pieces with a magnet.
- In 2017, a man set a record by building the world’s longest magnet chain. It took him two hours to build and used a whopping 50,201 magnets!
