Oral Presentation
Oral Presentation
We want to protect both ourselves and animals. Our device would be able to do this
with uses like preventing deer from crossing onto roads or birds negatively impacting
the durability of power lines.
Questions
❖ Some questions that we have are, how can we make a magnetic field with a large
❖ Would the stronger magnetic field actually repel animals, or could it instead
attract them.
❖ Can our method fully optimize our magnetic field based on the materials we have
Hypothesis
By developing and constructing a device that generates a magnetic field we will be able
to manipulate the behavior of animals and steer then away from a location which will
We used a thin soft iron rod and a length of 24-gauge wire with two AA batteries for
our first attempt on making an electromagnet. The wire was wrapped two times so it
has 230 turns and the batteries were attached end to end.
Our second electromagnet is made with 14- gauge wire and a steel spike with a lantern
battery. The wire was wrapped two times so it has 140 turns.
Analytical Tools
❖ We will use a Vernier Magnetic Field sensor to collect the magnetic field of our
magnet.
❖ We will use a the Vernier Software to analyze the data.
❖ We then will take our device into an area with a large amount of bird activity and
set up a camera to see how they are affected by the device.
Data and Results
Staff, L. S. (2012, November 15). How Do Birds Navigate? Retrieved October 12, 2017, from
https://www.livescience.com/32276-how-do-birds-navigate.html
A. M. (2008, August 25). Cattle, Deer Graze Along Earth's Magnetic Field. Retrieved October
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/08/080825-magnetic-cows_2.html
Staff, L. S. (2012, November 15). How Do Birds Navigate? Retrieved October 12, 2017, from
https://www.livescience.com/32276-how-do-birds-navigate.htm
Website
Go to: https://magneticanimalrepellent.weebly.com/