Magnetic Levitation: experiments with Anti-Magnets
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Thetechguy
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Magnetic Levitation: experiments with Anti-Magnets
I've completed the experiments and I'm at the analysis part which asks to compare results to published results. Where can I fund published results?
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Re: Magnetic Levitation: experiments with Anti-Magnets
I'd take two basic approaches, try both and a third if neither pans out.
First, ask your science instructor if they have access to reference materials or journal publications that aren't free. They or your school library might have access that you can't get by yourself. Depending on the resource they'll likely need to assist you in finding those that deal with your topic.
Second, try a google search. Be sure to vary your word choices to see how you get different responses. You would want to focus on work done by professionals/scientists rather than other science fair projects, which might be an issue if your search terms are from a commonly repeated experiment.
If neither of these work, you may want to contact or get an adult to help you get contact with a university library, even by phone or internet - they should be able to help you find something relevant and will have access to the latest work. The trouble with this approach is the science might be well beyond your ability to make sense of it, using jargon and math you don't have yet. The first two approaches are more likely to encounter results interpreted so a lay person can get useful information from it.
First, ask your science instructor if they have access to reference materials or journal publications that aren't free. They or your school library might have access that you can't get by yourself. Depending on the resource they'll likely need to assist you in finding those that deal with your topic.
Second, try a google search. Be sure to vary your word choices to see how you get different responses. You would want to focus on work done by professionals/scientists rather than other science fair projects, which might be an issue if your search terms are from a commonly repeated experiment.
If neither of these work, you may want to contact or get an adult to help you get contact with a university library, even by phone or internet - they should be able to help you find something relevant and will have access to the latest work. The trouble with this approach is the science might be well beyond your ability to make sense of it, using jargon and math you don't have yet. The first two approaches are more likely to encounter results interpreted so a lay person can get useful information from it.

