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Visit Design Squad Web site
Design Squad offers exciting engineering & design challenges for a new generation.
Design Squad is a reality competition show aimed at kids and people of all ages who like reality or how-to television. Its goal is to get viewers excited about engineering and the design process. Over 13 episodes, eight high school contestants tackle engineering challenges for real world clients-from creating cardboard furniture projects for IKEA to designing a gravity bike (no pedals or cranks!) for Extreme Game champion, Tom Whalen.
In the final episode, the top two scorers battle for the Grand Prize-a $10,000 college scholarship from the Intel Foundation. The Design Squad web site goes “behind the scenes” with cast interviews, photos, outtakes, and the inside scoop on each Design Squad challenge. Online, visitors may watch full-length streams of Design Squad episodes, share their thoughts, and learn more about the role of engineers in society, via www.pbs.org/designsquad. |
