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Maglev Train #2

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Maglev Train day #2

Today is day 2 of Maglev trains. It was so fun. We made the train float really high it was really cool. It wasn’t balanced so we tried upside down and it worked!! We were so surprised that it worked better.

The disk magnets were not strong enough. So we tried to double them but that didn’t work. So then we realized they were not lined up so it kept going to the sides and it didn’t work. So we changed to strip magnets. We put them on either side of the track and train we learned that the magnets have to be lined up to attract or repel and they have to be north to north to repel or south to south.

Our goal for the next lesson is to hold more pebbles in the cup on the train and get as many as we can to get efficiently and safely across the track. The pebbles represent the passengers on the train.

Maglev Train #1

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A maglev train is a train that levitates with magnets 10 millimeters high. It uses magnets with to different poles and repels.
We used  12 disk magnets on either side. For the train we did 5 magnets on 4 sides then one in the middle.  

 

To make it levitate we put tow strip magnets and it worked! they were on either side of the track and disk magnets for the train.  

Before that we put disk magnets and it didn’t work because we didn’t have south to south or north to north. So they retracted instead of repelling so it stuck to the track.

Working together was fun I figured if one takes control you don’t do well and it was challenging but we eventually got it we were so fun.