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Great Escape

Student Handout

Great Escape Challenge


The men who dug the tunnel in order to try to escape Stalag Luft 3 did a lot of creative inventing. Now it's you turn to invent. You need to find a way to send a message back and forth quickly. Can you do it?

Procedure

  1. Invent a way to send a note back and forth across 3 meters. You can use only the materials provided but are not required to use all of them.

  2. In the space below draw a diagram of your invention. Add descriptions of the different parts and any other information someone might need to understand how it works.

note clothespinned to line













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