Floating+Magnets

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Specific Question
Can a magnet stay in place while repelling against another magnet?

Variables
The number of magnets-Independent How High it Floats-Dependent The Strength of each magnets-Control

General Plan
The plan is to float a magnet and then measure the height of the floating magnet. In order to do so i have stabilized the magnet in between two beakers and placing the magnet in between two sticks in between the beakers.

Potential Problems And Solutions
Problems: How I will float my magnets. What will I put my magnets in. Solutions: I will float my magnets in different shapes and keep them immobile. I will float my magnets in a bowl.

Experimental Design
(add the correct headings from the experimental design page before beginning)

What is your experimental unit?
This is the base unit of your experiment, for example, one plant, one ice cube, one dish. It is the thing you will be measuring. My experimental unit is the height of the one magnet that i will be floating from the other magnet(s). .

Number Of Trials:
This is how many times you will repeat the experiment. I will run seven trials with seven magnets to float the one magnet.

Number Of Subjects In Each trial:
This is the number of different treatments you will use. For example, if you are comparing rust formation using salt and no salt, there would be 2 subjects in each trial. If you were comparing rust formation with no salt and three different amounts of salt, then you would have 4 subjects in each trial. 1 magnet will float on 1 magnet then 2 then 3 then 4 then 5 then 6 then 7 that is 8 subjects.

Number of Observations:
How many measurements will you take for each experimental unit times the number or trials I will take seven measurements.

When data will be collected
Looking for an actual date or dates here. This is requiring you to commit to your project. Data will be collected by March 7, 2013.

Where will data be collected?:
Be specific.

Resources and Budget Table

 * Item || Number needed || Where I will get this || Cost ||
 * magnets || 12 || Mr. Biche || $0.00 ||
 * Metal Box || 1 || Mr. Biche || $0.00 ||
 * poster || 1 || Mr. Biche || $5.00 ||
 * Test tubes || 2 || Mr. Biche || $0.00 ||
 * Duck Tape || 1 || Mr. Biche || $0.00 ||

Detailed Procedure
I built my science fair project by duct taping the 2 sticks with the magnet on on each side. Then duct taped 2 beakers to a metal box, each in a good distant from each other. Then placed a magnet in between the tubes, placed the duct taped magnets above it then with the same energy to float against each other. then measured how high it floated from the other magnet on the box.

Time Line
Produce timeline, photo list complete-2/1 Begin experiments (No later than)-2/4 Experiments finished-3/1 Analysis-3/7 Discussion/Background-3/15 Wiki done/ 3-15 Posters Finished-3/22 KMS Fair-3/29

All Raw Data

 * trial || Height ||
 * 1 || 0.5625 ||
 * 2 || 3.4375 ||
 * 3 || 3.625 ||
 * 4 || 4.375 ||
 * 5 || 4.75 ||
 * 6 || 5.5 ||
 * 7 || 6.9375 ||

Results
It doesn't take a small number of magnets to float a magnets a tall height. It takes a big amount of magnets to float the magnet.

Abstract
In this experiment i tried to prove that it takes more magnets to float a singular magnets duct taped around two sticks. While my experiment was running or should say floating, I ran into many problems. First I needed to find out what my dependent variable was, that kept me in class for 15 extra minutes. Then i ran onto the problem of how i would float my magnets. First i thought it would be floated in a bowl, then with a clamp stand now, i am know floating it with it being blocked by two sticks and two graduated cylinders. Know that i have faced that problem i was trouble free so all i had to do was finish my diagram, my analysis, and all my other unfinished work to finish my experiment.