Final Design Process Reflection

Luke P.

Members: Reese & Lorenzo

Our first group design was we had 2 short strip magnets on the sides of the track, 6 long magnet strips for the bottom of the track, 3 ring magnets separated around the inside of the  track, 1 roll of tape for the track. For the train we had 4 little strip magnets around the outside of the train, 1 ring magnet in the middle of the train, 1 roll of tape and 2 north and south magnets.

The problem my group faced was that the train was attracting  to the track. Than we noticed that we were putting some of the magnets on the wrong sides. So than my group decided we needed to check if the magnets were on the right sides with the north and south magnets.

Our final design was 2 long strip magnets on the bottom sides of the track, and 2 little strip magnets on the bottom sides of the train. This design worked because if the train and the track are lined up the same way it will levitate if they are on north and north or south and south and attract if it’s on south and north.

I was very nervous and very excited when making the train float. I was nervous because I was scared that the train was going to brake and we would need to start all over. I was excited because I just couldn’t wait till we got it to work.