Students utilize computational thinking and the engineering design process to apply the concepts to the design an efficient, fully functional scale model maglev train. What Students Figure Out By the ...

Each team then creates a Styrofoam train for the competition. Each train has to weigh more than 0.70 ounces and is sent down a 10-foot model Maglev track.

The train was developed by Transrapid, the company that went on to build a testing facility in Emsland. Completed in 1984, it included a 31.5-km (19.5-mile) track that enabled maglev trains to hit ...