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- 1. Survive on adesert island: making a rope 2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 "Reading through the lens of STEAM"
- 2. Making a rope Inthis activity, students use the only resource they can find on the island – a plastic bag – to make strong rope. Students explore how they can twining strips of plastic can join them together to form a strong rope and test to see whose rope is strongest! Want to build a raft or a shelter? To do this, you will require one important thing… rope! But how can you make it with such limited resources? Search the beach for carrier bags washed up onto the shore to make a rope. It will help protect the environment too! Materials: bin liners/plastic bags, scissors
- 3. 1.Take a carrierbag and cut the plastic into long strips. 2 Fold the strip in half (or use two strips) and add a reverse twist to the strip to create your rope (watch the video demonstration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TpN4WT61hU ). You can use other technique as well. 3 Test the strength of your carrier bag rope. Making a rope
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