This is our final Maglev Train design. It was able to carry 13 blue beads across the track.

What we improved to our maglev train was that on the track we added two more strip magnets to one of the sides of the track. Then we added two more magnets to the other side of the track. Now there are three strip magnets on both sides because before we added magnets there was already one strip magnet on both sides. We kept the train the same.

Our final design for the train was one strip magnet (This strip magnet fits the length of the train) on both sides. Our final design for the track was three strip magnets (This strip magnet fits the length of the track) on both sides. I think our train was successful because we had to carry marbles across the track on the train. In past experiments that we have done we saw the more magnets you add to the bottom the stronger the force. That’s why we added magnets only to the track because the track is under the train. If the marbles are pushing down onto the track we have to add more magnets to the track to keep the train levitating above the track.

I learned that a Maglev train can float above the tracks. I also learned that engineers go through a whole process until their design is  fully complete. What I realized is that when you work with a group everybody has to work as a team. We have to listen to each other. I think working with a group is cool because you get to hear other people’s perspective compared to yours.

Today we got our train to levitate above the tracks. When we gave it a push it successfully went from one side of the track to the other without falling down onto the tracks. We got it to work!!! YES!!! What we did today was we put two of the strip magnets that were the length of the track on the outer part of the track. Then on the bottom of the train we put two strip magnets that fit the length of the train on the outer part of the train.

At first when we gave the train a push, we pushed the train a little bit to hard. So we learned any design could work if we pushed it from one side to the other. That’s why we had to give it a little push and see if it worked with only a little push.

Next time when we design the train we have to improve our train design so that we could make it work with marbles so it could represent people. I think when we put marbles on the train it will be a lot harder because  we’ll have to make the train work even though there is a lot of weight on the train.