Hikaru’s Toy Troubles Ashley Brown and Mallory Humphries

Background Story Hikaru and his friends decide that they

want to build Maglev system to help improve sales at their family toy store.

Throughout the story, the friends learn more about this technology and work on building this project, ultimately leading to a successful track and increased sales at the toy store.

Try It Out! We used magnets and cardboard to

create a Maglev system of our own

Cardboard Trial Our trial was

successful, however we discovered that it was slightly difficult to cut the cardboard to perfectly fit our track. It might be easier using Styrofoam or poster board.

Engineering Design Process1. Ask good questions 2. Imagine possibilities3. Make a detailed plan4. Create your design and see how it works5. Improve your design to make it the best

it can be1. That might mean starting steps again,

using the all the new information you’ve gathered.

Engineering is Elementary Ask- the children needed to figure out what

the problem in the store was Imagine- the children needed to explore the

technology that they had available to them Plan- the children needed to come up with a

specific plan to carry out their design Create- the children followed their plan to

create a model Improve- the children corrected their

mistakes to better their model and produce more efficient results

Put into Practice In the “Try-It” activity, the students were

allowed to attempt to make a Maglev system of their own.

In doing this, they were able to ask questions and discover the properties of magnets and how they work.

Overall, the students gained insight into how magnets can make things more efficient in the real world.

Trial Pictures