Electromagnetic Copper Coil Magnet Battery Train

Bare copper coil train sets like this are almost impossible to make yourself so you might as well just buy ours!.

Attach two super magnets to each side of a AAA battery to make the 'train' (All provided in the set) and push the 'train' into the coil.

If you have the magnets in the correct orientation, then the battery train will chug along inside the coil.

Note, relatively high currents are drawn from the battery and so it will discharge fairly quickly. This mean it's really just a demonstrator set and not a toy. 

See if your students can use the Right Hand Rule and  Electromagnetic Principals in order to explain how the train is propelled.

Included:

1. Plastic case (colours will vary upon what is available)
2. Long bare copper coil
3. Four small round super magnets
4. Two AAA batteries