"Design Squad," a series for kids, is something new on the block - it's aimed at 9- to 12-year-olds, it borrows from the hugely popular reality competition format and it intends to get its viewers excited about engineering. This weekly half-hour series will be serious fun for kids (and adults) of all ages.
In 13 episodes, two teams of high school students (ages 16-19) design, build and test whimsical machines and innovative products - everything from a wireless light and dance show to an automatic pancake maker - for real clients. Guided by two engineer hosts (a male and female twenty-something duo: NOT your stereotypical men-with-pocket-protectors), "Design Squad" teams are scored for their ability to think outside the box and meet (or surpass) the demands of the challenge at hand.
In the final episode, the top two scorers battle for the Grand Prize: a $10,000 college scholarship from the Intel Foundation. To make real world connections for viewers, improve the public image of engineering and inspire kids to believe that engineering is accessible to them, each "Design Squad" episode profiles a real engineer, while the web site looks behind the scenes, offering games, video clips and an e-zine highlighting the role of engineers in society.
Tour de BBQ
December 27, 2009
at 11:30am
(#308)
No description available
Snow Problem? (Part 2)
December 20, 2009
at 11:30am
(#307)
No description available
Snow Problem? (Part 1)
November 22, 2009
at 11:30am
(#306)
No description available
Shooting for the Sun
first aired:
November 15, 2009
(#305)
No description available
Water Rescue (Part 2)
first aired:
November 8, 2009
(#304)
In this two-parter, the "Design Squad"s build remote- controlled, aquatic ...
Water Rescue (Part 1)
first aired:
November 1, 2009
(#303)
No description available
Crash-Test Rugby
first aired:
October 18, 2009
(#302)
No description available
Moving Target
first aired:
October 11, 2009
(#301)
The "Design Squad" teams reach new heights by building indestructible, ...
Episode #213
first aired:
July 27, 2008
(#213)
No description available
Episode #212
first aired:
July 20, 2008
(#212)
No description available
Episode #211
first aired:
July 13, 2008
(#211)
No description available
Episode #210
first aired:
July 6, 2008
(#210)
No description available
Episode #209
first aired:
June 29, 2008
(#209)
No description available
Episode #208
first aired:
June 22, 2008
(#208)
No description available
Episode #207
first aired:
May 25, 2008
(#207)
No description available
Episode #206
first aired:
May 18, 2008
(#206)
No description available
Episode #205
first aired:
May 11, 2008
(#205)
No description available
Episode #204
first aired:
April 27, 2008
(#204)
No description available
Episode #203
first aired:
April 20, 2008
(#203)
No description available
Episode #202
first aired:
April 13, 2008
(#202)
No description available
Episode #201
first aired:
April 6, 2008
(#201)
No description available
Winner Takes All
first aired:
July 8, 2007
(#113)
The season concludes when the product design firm Continuum asks the DS ...
Bodies Electric
first aired:
July 1, 2007
(#112)
The "Design Squad" teams "take a shine" to hip hop artist Wyatt Jackson ...
Blowin' in the Wind
first aired:
June 24, 2007
(#111)
The teams tap into their inner artists as they compete to design and build ...
Pumped
first aired:
June 17, 2007
(#110)
An 11-foot-tall water slide will be a cool addition to the community pool ...
Batter Up
first aired:
May 27, 2007
(#109)
How to make a perfect pancake? The DS teams find the right ingredients ...
Functional Fashion
first aired:
May 13, 2007
(#108)
It's a marriage of high tech and haute couture (well, sort of) as the ...
Just for Kicks
first aired:
May 6, 2007
(#107)
The challenge: design a "revolutionary" device that automatically feeds ...
A Collective Collaboration
first aired:
April 29, 2007
(#106)
The teams both set their sights on designing the most durable, portable ...
Got Game?
first aired:
April 22, 2007
(#105)
Challenged to come up with a way to cover all the angles of a basketball ...
Ds Unplugged
first aired:
April 15, 2007
(#104)
The teams take a crash course in pre-industrial building techniques as ...
Skunk'D
first aired:
April 8, 2007
(#103)
When a guy named Skunk comes looking for a bike bizarre enough to impress ...
Rock on
first aired:
April 1, 2007
(#102)
The teams compete to create original musical instruments - one stringed ...
The Need for Speed
first aired:
February 25, 2007
(#101)
A professional racecar builder challenges the DS teams to convert kiddie ...
