In class we have been working on “Maglev trains”. You might wonder: “ What is a maglev train?” A maglev train uses magnets to levitate on the tracks instead of rolling on the track. On the bottom of the train, there are magnets that are facing north or south. On the top of the track, there are magnets facing the SAME way that the magnets on the train are facing. The magnets will repel and the train will levitate. With a push, the train could go up to a speed of 3500 k/h. We are creating mini ones inside our classroom. My group used the “ Engineering Design Process” to create it. We put three strip magnets on the track and five disk magnets on the train. 

This is our train now

But, it did not work. We took it apart, took stuff away, planned more things, put stuff together and cut some foam. Now we have one side up but the other side is down. We failed on getting the train to float but got our main design. Now we have to flip some magnets and add more tape. Now we need to go back to the planning stage. I saw that we needed to work on how to find our poles and put them the right way. Next time we are going to level our train out.

My experience with my group was awesome. I think we work great together. We had some disagreements but we kept going and now we are going to plan our design again. My group is wondering if our original idea was correct and our magnets were not placed the right way. I look forward to work on our maglev train again.