During July 2018, a group of top high school Spanish students attended a summer scientific camp at the University of Seville. The topic of the project was magnetic levitation. During the one-week-long stay, the students investigated several possible ways of achieving stable levitation. These included diamagnetic levitation, use of superconductors, induced current levitation, and the toy Levitron®. The experiments were accompanied by their corresponding conceptual and theoretical explanations.

Topics
Magnetic materials, Superconductivity, Superconductors, Magnetic levitation devices, Electromagnetic coils, Transition metals, Chemical elements, Educational aids, Teaching, Industry
© 2019 American Association of Physics Teachers.
2019
American Association of Physics Teachers
AAPT members receive access to the American Journal of Physics and The Physics Teacher as a member benefit. To learn more about this member benefit and becoming an AAPT member, visit the Joining AAPT page.