A maglev train is a train that levitates with the power of magnets. You have to attach magnets to the train’s bottom and the train tracks for it to work. My group thought we should use bar magnets and disc magnets.

Today, when we tried to make the train levitate, it worked on the second try. The first attempt left  train stuck to the tracks. The second levitated an inch from the tracks. My group and I decided we would try to put two strip magnets on the tracks, and then we would put disc magnets on the bottom of the train. We tried to do it, and it didn’t work at first. One of the train’s magnets were on a different side, so it attracted to the tracks. That’s why the first one did not work, because it stuck.

My group didn’t really pay attention in the first few minutes, but we pulled it together. We first cut the strip magnets. We measured it, and that was a bit hard. Then when we cut it, it was also hard, because the strip magnet was very hard. But when we set it up, it was easier than expected. We still struggled to make sure the magnets were on the right side, and that it repelled, but it still was easy.