A Maglev train is a train that has magnets on the train and magnets on the track which makes the train levitate 10 feet in the air! For example, if north and north or south and south were together they would repel. Repel means push away from each other and levitate. Here is a fact! If north and south are together they will attract! Also, it goes really fast. It can do 375 miles per hour! It works because there is hardly any friction. The only friction is air.  My group’s idea for the train is one strip magnet on one side, and another strip magnet on the other side. My groups idea for the tracks is strip magnets on the whole thing.

On friday we created our design and we had a little trouble because the magnets on the train kept attracting with the magnets on the track. So we had to tape the magnets down. We know it will probably work so that is what we accomplished. What we failed at is in the beginning we had a problem. The tracks kept sticking to the train!

My experience with my group is good. We worked well together. We tried our idea. It didn’t work but we know why.

Making The MagLev Trains