Inquiries in Science

Grades 6-8

This two-hour program consists of two 45-minute units, a 15-minute Radiation and You program and exploration time with museum exhibits.

Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
RHIC

Learn about the world's newest and biggest particle accelerator at Brookhaven. See how scientists use this huge machine as a microscope, how superconducting magnets work and observe liquid nitrogen change the properties of matter.

MAGLEV - Magnetic Levetation -- Students race cars on a magnetic track and determine a figure of merit.

Spectroscopy -- Learn how scientists identify gases.

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Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider RHIC Learn about the world's newest and biggest particle accelerator at Brookhaven. See how scientists use this huge machine as a microscope, how superconducting magnets work and observe liquid nitrogen change the properties of matter.
	MAGLEV - Magnetic Levetation -- Students race cars on a magnetic track and determine a figure of merit.
	Spectroscopy -- Learn how scientists identify gases.