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Middle School - Grades 7-9
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Using the process of YBCO superconductors steadily levitating above a track of neodymium magnets when cooled using liquid nitrogen.
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Use an online NASA simulator to design your own ion engine.
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Find out if the existing rail infrastructure in the United States could be changed into a rail system powered by electromagnets rather than diesel engines.
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Does Temperature Affect the Strength of a Magnet on a Magnetic Levitating Train?
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Determining the Effectiveness of Series vs. Parallel Augmented Design on Rail Gun Performance
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Electromagnetic Propulsion System for Magnetic-Levitation Train
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Make a rail gun using a homopolar motor and do different tests to see what factors affect its performance.
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Build and demonstrate a levitated train (Maglev) and explain how it works.
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Will Magnetic Levitation Help Reduce Friction?
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Demonstrate Lenz's Law
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A Self-Propelled Magnetic Levitation System for Launching Airplanes
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Constructing an Inductrack Maglev
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Suspend a magnet in mid-air.
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Find the maximum efficiency setting of a simple magnetic linear accelerator.
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Determine whether magnets could increase the momentum of rolling ball bearings in order to launch one uphill and several inches through the air.
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A few magnetism experiments: magnetorheological fluids; levitating pyrolytic graphite; Gauss Rifle: a magnetic linear accelerator.
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Electric Motor and Generator Science Fair Projects
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High School - Grades 10-12
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Prove that electromagnetic induction can be used for powering transportation.
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Does changing the permanent magnetic field affect the launch height of a rocket more than changing the strength of the electromagnetic field?
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A flying machine capable of sustained flight without wings or a visible propulsion system based only on the Biefeld-Brown effect.
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Determine which ferromagnetic material makes the best electromagnetic projectile for use in magnetic propulsion systems.
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Use electromagnetic forces in a coil to propel a projectile
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The Frog That Learned to Fly (Magnetic Levitation)
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Circuit Dynamics and Modeling of the Gauss Accelerator
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The Effect of the Magnetic Field and Diamagnetic Materials on Diamagnetic Levitation
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Comparison of the Efficiency of Gauss and Rail Guns
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Is It Possible to Levitate an Object Using the Principle of Magnetic Levitation?
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SolaRail: MagLev trains and solar cells
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Electric Motor and Generator Science Fair Projects
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Useful Links
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R=Resource
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Science Fair Projects Resources
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Electricity Basics
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Battery & Cell Background
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Citation Guides, Style Manuals, Reference
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Electrical Safety
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Electricity Science Fair Projects Books
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