2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 "Reading through the lens of STEAM"

1. Survive on a desert island:
making a rope
2020-1-LT01-KA229-078054 "Reading through the lens of STEAM"

2. Making a rope
In this 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 carrier bag 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

4. Making a rope