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Overcoming Friction
In this activity, students are introduced to Maglev technology as a way of reducing the friction between the tube and the train in a vacuum tube train. Students are presented with the scenario that in 2025, the UK has been invited to invest £100 billion towards the construction of a vacuum tube train system connecting the UK to the USA. Students are asked to write a short email to a national newspaper explaining if they are for or against this investment and why.
At the end of the lesson, students find out about careers in developing train technology by watching the film 'The future of trains'.
Curriculum links include friction, magnetism, super conductor, forces, efficiency.
Other lessons and resources for this theme can be found in the Energy and Transport collection.
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