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How does Lost work?
The information, in the form of witness interviews, police reports and reported sightings, comes in a continuous stream from the Internet. It is incoherent and out of sequence, but it contains many clues as to what is happening. The task is to use the clues offered and try to understand what has happened to the two children and help find them.
The children, working in groups, form a Missing Person Investigation Squad. Each group receives and interprets messages. These gradually reveal information about the incident. In the process of organising the data and working out what DID happen, children become very involved. There are many clues; many deductions to be made. Finally, by a process of elimination and intelligent guesswork, the 'Police Officers' make a report to the 'Chief of Police' as to the whereabouts of the children and outline the reasons for their disappearance.
