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Title: The Maglev Train
Subject: Electricity Grade level: Primary School - Grades K-3 Academic Level: Ordinary Project Type: Descriptive Cost: Low Awards: 1st place, Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (2007) Affiliation: Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (VSF) Year: 2007 Description: Main topics: history of maglev trains, technical information, pictures. Link: http://www.virtualsciencefair.org/2007/zhou7d2/ |
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Maglev trains are a very fast type of train. Magnetic levitation is a technology that uses magnetic fields to make the train move. These fields lift the train a small distance above the tracks and moves the train. They are much faster than regular trains. By 2035, a trip from Toronto to Vancouver will take 3 hours. This same trip takes three days on a regular train. After this technology has been perfected, people will be able to travel faster across land on a maglev train than they would in an airplane. The highest known speed of a maglev train is 581 km/h (361 mph). This was done in Japan in 2003 For More Information: Maglev Trains - K-12 Projects, Experiments & Background Information Source: Wikipedia (All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License) |
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