Anti Gravity Contraption

Today we talked about gravity as a force and how it works. We then looked at magnetism and I set a challenge to the children. Could they design an anti gravity device using only a paper clip, some string and a magnet. Their challenge was, could they suspend the paper clip in mid air somehow by getting the magnetic force to overpower the force of gravity. I gave a couple of clues (that seemed to involve a dog on a leash pulling towards it's food bowl!?) and left them to figure it out. Many groups were able to create a successful contraption in the end, but well done to Daniel, Roman and especially Jayden who were the first mad scientists to figure it out for themselves.