Final Design Process Reflection

By: Emma

Ryan, Luke I

For my first track design we put strip magnets as the track and for my vehicle design we put red magnets under the foam vehicle. We used 4 little strip magnets, 7 ring magnets, 7 disc magnets, 1 long strip magnet and 4 red magnets. We put the 4 little strip magnets on the bottom left, one long strip magnet on the other side, 4 red magnets under the foam vehicle, so it will levitate, 7 ring magnets on the right side and 7 disc magnets on the left.

One problem we faced was when the foam vehicle did not repel against the track. Instead the train stuck to the strip magnets on the track. It was very frustrating. The way we revised it was we lined up the track magnets to the magnets on the foam vehicle and it levitated.

When we did our final designs, we used 2 little magnets and 2 long strip magnet. We did not use the 7 ring magnets, the 7 disc magnets and the 2 little strip magnets. I think it worked because the track lined up with the foam vehicle. When they were arranged we put 2 long strip magnets as the track and 2 little magnets under the foam vehicle.

I felt happy in the beginning because I was so excited to start putting it together. I felt frustrated when our plan wasn’t working over and over again and it was really annoying when others plans were working. I felt proud because in the end we got it to work no matter how hard we tried it was worth it in the end.