Design Squad is an American reality competition television series targeted towards children ages 10–13. Contestants are high school students who design and build machines to compete for a $10,000 college scholarship from Intel.
In each episode, contestants are separated into two color-coded teams to complete engineering projects for real-life clients. These are the Red Team and Blue Team in season 1 and the Green Team and Purple Team in seasons 2 and 3.
"The Need for Speed" – A professional racecar builder challenges the teams to convert kiddie toys into motorized dragsters.
"Rock On" – The teams compete to create original musical instruments-one stringed and one percussive-for Off White Noise, a local band. The instruments are put to the test when Off White Noise rocks out at the Middle East nightclub.
"Skunk'd" – When a guy named Skunk comes looking for a bike bizarre enough to impress the members of SCUL (Subversive Choppers Urban Legion), well, you give him what he wants. The rubber really hits the road when DS parades their newly created choppers (bikes) on a SCUL mission.
"DS Unplugged" – The teams take a crash course in pre-industrial building techniques, as they compete to build 20-foot bridges—without the aid of power tools, forklifts, or ... flushable toilets. It's a show for the (Middle) Ages!
"Got Game" – Challenged to come up with a way to cover all the angles of a basketball game via remote-controlledcameras, the teams dive into action and compete to prove who's got (the whole) game!
"A Collective Collaboration" – The teams set their sights on designing the most durable, portable and low cost peanut butter making machines for a women's collective in Haiti. Powered by human hands and inspiring to the human heart, DS shows that engineering really can change lives.
"Just For Kicks" – The challenge: design a REVOLUTIONary device that automatically feeds a stream of balls to Michael Parkhurst, a professional soccer player with the New England Revolution. Here's one Design Squad's episode that's sure to be a ball.
"Functional Fashion" – It's a marriage of high tech and haute couture (well, sort of!) as the teams compete to see who can design the best dual-purpose clothing. Join DS on the runway as the garments/gadgets make their fashion debut.
"Batter Up" – How to make a perfect pancake? The DS teams seek the right ingredients for a machine that will cook, flip, and serve up delicious flapjacks at the flick of a switch. The winning machine is put to the (taste) test at a busy diner.
"Pumped" – An 11-foot tall water slide will be a cool addition to the community pool—once there's a pump to deliver the water. See which invention makes the biggest splash with YMCA campers.
"Blowin' In The Wind" – The teams tap into their inner artists as they compete to design and build wind-powered kinetic art from recycled materials. The winning sculpture is put on display at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
"Bodies Electric" – Design Squad-ers take a shine to hip-hop artist Wyatt Jackson when they try to create a sound-and-light show triggered by Jackson's moves and grooves. In a live performance, it's DS night at the Strand Theatre
"Winner Takes All" – The season concludes when Continuum (a design consultancy) asks the DS teams to develop and test a "summer sled" for retail giant L.L.Bean. It's a bumpy, downhill slide to the finish line![2]
Points
In most challenges, each person in the winning team would receive 100 points, the other team 0 points.
Name
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Weeks 12/13
Total
Noah
0
100, 100
100, 200
30, 230
100, 330
100, 430
100, 530
0, 530
100, 630
0, 630
100, 730
70, 800
800
Natasha
100
50, 150
100, 250
30, 280
100, 380
100, 480
100, 580
100, 680
100, 780
0, 780
0, 780
30, 810
810
Krishana
0
50, 50
100, 150
70, 220
0, 220
100, 320
0, 320
100, 420
0, 420
100, 520
100, 620
70, 690
690
Michael
100
50, 150
100, 250
70, 320
0, 320
100, 420
100, 520
0, 520
100, 620
100, 720
0, 720
30, 750
750
Kim
100
100, 200
100, 300
70, 370
0, 370
0, 370
100, 470
100, 570
0, 570
0, 570
100, 670
30, 700
700
Tom
0
50, 50
100, 150
70, 220
100, 320
0, 320
0, 320
0, 320
0, 320
100, 420
100, 520
70, 590
590
Joey
100
100, 200
100, 300
30, 330
100, 430
0, 430
0, 430
0, 430
0, 430
100, 530
0, 530
30, 560
560
Giselle
0
100, 100
100, 200
30, 230
0, 230
0, 230
0, 230
100, 330
100, 430
0, 430
0, 430
70, 500
500
In Week 2, there were 3 band members that picked 3 out of 4 instruments. Each instrument picked was 50 points.
In Week 3, the Judges thought both teams made excellent bikes and gave both teams 100 points.
In Week 4, the Judges thought both teams worked very hard and didn't want winner take all. Because the Red Team needed extra help to finish they split the points 30(red)/70(blue).
In Week 12, Wyatt Jackson (Judge) enjoyed Blue team's performance. However, he also enjoyed Red Team's Light Show, so they split the points 30(blue)/70(red).
In most challenges, each person in the winning team would receive 100 points, the other team 0 points.
"Cardboard Furniture" – Sit back and relax as the Design Squad teams create innovative, yet practical cardboard furniture for the home goods superstore IKEA. Furniture shoppers take a seat in the judges' chair to decide the season premiere's winning team.
"PVC Kayak" – Jump on board as King Island Alaskan native Sean Gallagher challenges the Design Squad teams to build ten-foot kayaks using traditional design but with non-traditional materials.
"Green Machines" – The teams go green as they work with the Food Project, an organization that creates social change through sustainable agriculture. Two young Food Project volunteers challenge the teams to design a compost lifter for their urban farm.
"Gravity Bikes" – Watch the Design Squad teams go head to head as they build high-speed gravity bikes for Gravity Sports International champion Tom Whalen.
"Water Dancing" – Dancer and performance artist Lisa Bufano, a bilateral leg and finger amputee, challenges the teams to build specialized prostheses for an underwater performance.
"Backyard Thrill Ride" – The teams bring the adrenaline rush of an amusement park ride to the backyard of 13-year-old Andreas Hoffman.
"Big Bugs" – The teams build wooden arthropods for an artist.
"Aquatic Robotics" – Dive deep as the teams build a robot that would float on a river-only for tourists and their guides-if they're sailing on a river.
"Band Cam" – Fly high with the Design Squad as they build a flying digital camera for a live concert of African band Zili Misik.
"No Crying in Baseball" – Come along as the Design Squad builds an onion-grinding machine for a guy who sells hot dogs.
"Hockey Net Targets" – Get a hockey puck as the teams build targets for hockey goals.
"Offroad Go-Karts 1" – It's part 1 of the season finale as the teams try to build offroad go-karts.
"Offroad Go-Karts 2" – It's Dewey versus Leah in a race for the college scholarship as the final episode of Season 2 makes the teams test their go-karts.[2]
Points
In most challenges, each person in the winning team would receive 100 points, the other team 0 points.
Name
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Weeks 12/13
Total
Dewey
0
100, 100
0, 100
100, 200
100, 300
100, 400
100, 500
0, 500
100, 600
100, 700
0, 700
0, 700
700
Deysi
100
0, 100
100, 200
0, 200
100, 300
0, 300
0, 300
0, 300
0, 300
100, 400
100, 500
100, 600
600
Tomas
100
100, 200
100, 300
0, 300
0, 300
100, 400
100, 500
0, 500
0, 500
0, 500
100, 600
0, 600
600
Nick
100
0, 100
0, 100
0, 100
0, 100
100, 200
100, 300
0, 300
100, 400
0, 400
100, 500
0, 500
500
Leah
100
100, 200
100, 300
100, 400
0, 400
0, 400
0, 400
0, 400
100, 500
100, 600
100, 700
100, 800
800
Jason
0
0, 0
100, 100
100, 200
100, 300
100, 400
100, 500
0, 500
0, 500
0, 500
0, 500
100, 600
600
Kim
0
100, 100
0, 100
100, 200
100, 300
0, 300
0, 300
0, 300
0, 300
100, 400
100, 500
100, 600
600
Trejonda
0
0, 0
0, 0
0, 0
0, 0
0, 0
0, 0
0, 0
100, 100
0, 100
0, 100
0, 100
100
In Week 8, neither team was able to complete the task, so no points were awarded.
Trejonda had the dubious distinction of earning no points until Week 9. As she herself said in the intro to Week 4, "Right now, I feel like the jinx. You know, at first, I thought it was the Green Team title that was the reason I was losing, but now I feel like 'If Trejonda's on your team, you're going to lose.'"
Leah won the season and a $10,000 scholarship from the Intel Foundation.
"Moving Target" – The Design Squad teams reach new heights by building indestructible, remote-controlled, flying football targets for Nerf toymaker Hasbro. Future football stars judge the designs for the kick-off episode of season three.
"Crash-Test Rugby" – U.S. Paralympic athlete and wheelchair rugby player Kerri Morgan asks the teams to track her every move on the court by building an automated wheelchair that simulates a defensive player on the attack.
"Water Rescue Part 1"
"Water Rescue Part 2" – The Design Squads build remote-controlled, aquatic pet rescue vehicles for the New Orleans Fire Department.
"Shooting for the Sun" – It comes down to the buzzer when WNBA players Lindsay Whalen and Tamika Raymond challenge the Design Squads to build T-shirt shooters that reach their arena's upper deck. The winning T-shirt shooter is announced live at a Connecticut Sun home game.
"sNOw Problem? Part 1"
"sNOw Problem? Part 2" – Come along for the ride as the Design Squads build dry land dog sleds for Jamaican Dog Sled team members Damion Robb and Newton Marshall.
"Tour de BBQ" – The competition heats up when Redbones BBQ Restaurant owner, Rob Gregory, challenges the teams to build a bicycle-powered rotisserie.
"Escape from Misery Island Part 1"
"Escape from Misery Island Part 2" – In the final showdown, the teams test their sea legs by building sailboats to race across the open ocean. The captain of the winning team is awarded a $10,000 college scholarship from the Intel Foundation.[2]
Design Squad Nation
Design Squad Nation is a 10-episode spin-off[3][4] television and web series. The series aired on PBS Kids Go! from January 26 to March 30, 2011 and was also streamed on the PBS Kids Go! website.[3] It was hosted by engineers Judy Lee and Adam Vollmer.[5] The hosts travel around the world and work with children on engineering projects to "make their wishes come true through engineering" and "inspire viewers to take on their own hands-on engineering activities."[6]
Episodes
"Apache Skateboarders" – On the premiere episode of Design Squad Nation, Ronnie—a 17-year-old skateboarder from the White Mountain Apache Reservation in Whiteriver, Arizona—teams up with co-hosts Judy and Adam to build a skateboarding street course. Engineered to be modular, durable, and weather-resistant, this is the skate park of Ronnie's dreams.
"It's Alive!!!" – Judy and Adam join forces with Jennifer—a young pastry chef from Boston, MA—to create the cake of her dreams for the cast party of "Young Frankenstein: The Musical." With guidance and inspiration from master baker Jorg Amsler of Truly Jorg's Patisserie in Saugus, MA, the team engineers a cake that is part delicious, part electronic, and part mad scientist—wowing the musical's cast and crew.
"Garden–to–Go" – Judy and Adam travel to London, England to meet Mariam and Bert, two young members of Global Generation—a community organization that grows fruits and vegetables in one of London's largest construction sites. Bringing new meaning to the phrase "eat locally, build globally," Mariam and Bert work with Adam and Judy to design and build a pedal-powered mobile garden that will help them sell their produce to nearby restaurants.
"A Cut Above Part 1"
"A Cut Above Part 2" – Judy and Adam travel to New York City, the fashion capital of the United States, to meet up-and-coming designers Eduarda and Juan. Eduarda and Juan's dreams come true when fashion designer Christian Siriano challenges them to showcase their individuality and creativity by drawing upon Judy and Adam's engineering know-how to re-interpret a gown from his collection. Their red carpet-worthy designs are treated to a surprise critique when two editors from Teen Vogue magazine join Christian at a fashion shoot.
"Musical Bike" – Judy and Adam meet Beatriz in her hometown of Emeryville, California to help her combine her passion for music and bike building. Working at The Crucible—a non-profit educational foundry and metal fabrication shop—they design and build a pedal-powered bike organ for Beatriz to unveil at her high school block party.
"DIY Playground" – Judy and Adam journey to the northern mountains of Nicaragua to work with the kids of Cusmapa to build the playground of their dreams. With the help of the Fabretto Children's Foundation, a non profit organization that helps local children reach their full potential, the entire community pitches in, working from the ground up to build Cusmapa a playground.
"One Giant Leap Part 1"
"One Giant Leap Part 2" – Judy and Adam invite Felipe—an accomplished 15-year-old pilot from Miami, Florida—to compete in the 2010 Red Bull Flugtag competition. Together, they team up with NASA to design and build a human-powered flying machine. With their NASA-inspired glider design, Team One Giant Leap soars off a 30-foot high deck, impressing the judges with distance and style.
"Trash to Treasure" – For the season finale, Design Squad Nation asked kids across the country to recycle, re-use, and re-engineer everyday materials into the next big invention in the 2010 Trash to Treasure contest. Three grand-prize winners visit Boston to work with professional engineers at Continuum, a global innovation and design consultancy, to see their original ideas become real products.[6]
Design Squad Global
PBS Kids Go! launched the Design Squad Global website to complement the series. Targeted towards middle school students, the website enables children to share engineering ideas and sketches with each other, devise solutions to global design challenges, play games, and watch a web series hosted by Ball and Season 2 contestant Deysi Melgar.[7] In an initiative known as "DSG Clubs," the website also encourages middle school students to form engineering clubs and partner with clubs from other countries via the website.[8][9] This initiative aims to encourage children to "use the design process to solve problems and discover that engineering is a powerful tool for making a difference in the world" and teach them "'global competence'—the ability to communicate and collaborate with people from different backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives."[8]
Reception
Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the series four out of five stars, stating that it "proves that if it's done right, reality TV can be both fun and functional."[10] Ashby gave Design Squad Nation the same rating, stating: "From the obvious benefits of exposing kids to useful applications of science to strong messages about creative thinking, teamwork, and problem solving, there’s no end to the positive takeaways available here."[11] Design Squad Global received a four-star rating for parents from Susan Yudt of Common Sense Media[12] and a five-star rating for teachers from Marianne Rogowski of Common Sense Media.[13]
Awards
Nate Ball, Dorothy Dickie, Marisa Wolsky, Thea Sahr and David Wallace at the 67th Annual Peabody Awards for Design Squad
The series won a Peabody Award in 2007 "for 'designing' an outstanding program to interest young people in careers related to engineering."[14]Design Squad Nation won an Emmy Award in 2012 for “outstanding new approaches” in children’s daytime television.[15]
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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Design Squad news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Design Squad is an American reality competition television series targeted towards children ages 10 13 Contestants are high school students who design and build machines to compete for a 10 000 college scholarship from Intel Design SquadGenreReality televisionCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons3No of episodes36ProductionProduction companyWGBHReleaseOriginal networkPBS Kids Go Original releaseFebruary 21 2007 2007 02 21 December 9 2009 2009 12 09 The series aired on PBS Kids Go from February 21 2007 to December 9 2009 It was produced by WGBH a PBS member station in Boston Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Season 1 2007 2 1 Contestants 2 2 Episodes 2 3 Points 3 Season 2 2008 3 1 Contestants 3 2 Episodes 3 3 Points 4 Season 3 2009 4 1 Contestants 4 2 Episodes 5 Design Squad Nation 5 1 Episodes 6 Design Squad Global 7 Reception 8 Awards 9 References 10 External linksSynopsis EditIn each episode contestants are separated into two color coded teams to complete engineering projects for real life clients These are the Red Team and Blue Team in season 1 and the Green Team and Purple Team in seasons 2 and 3 Engineers Nate Ball and Deanne Bell hosted season 1 After season 1 Bell departed for the Discovery Channel program Smash Lab leaving Ball as the sole host of seasons 2 and 3 Season 1 2007 EditContestants Edit Giselle Joey Kim Krishana Michael Natasha Noah Tom 1 Episodes Edit The Need for Speed A professional racecar builder challenges the teams to convert kiddie toys into motorized dragsters Rock On The teams compete to create original musical instruments one stringed and one percussive for Off White Noise a local band The instruments are put to the test when Off White Noise rocks out at the Middle East nightclub Skunk d When a guy named Skunk comes looking for a bike bizarre enough to impress the members of SCUL Subversive Choppers Urban Legion well you give him what he wants The rubber really hits the road when DS parades their newly created choppers bikes on a SCUL mission DS Unplugged The teams take a crash course in pre industrial building techniques as they compete to build 20 foot bridges without the aid of power tools forklifts or flushable toilets It s a show for the Middle Ages Got Game Challenged to come up with a way to cover all the angles of a basketball game via remote controlled cameras the teams dive into action and compete to prove who s got the whole game A Collective Collaboration The teams set their sights on designing the most durable portable and low cost peanut butter making machines for a women s collective in Haiti Powered by human hands and inspiring to the human heart DS shows that engineering really can change lives Just For Kicks The challenge design a REVOLUTIONary device that automatically feeds a stream of balls to Michael Parkhurst a professional soccer player with the New England Revolution Here s one Design Squad s episode that s sure to be a ball Functional Fashion It s a marriage of high tech and haute couture well sort of as the teams compete to see who can design the best dual purpose clothing Join DS on the runway as the garments gadgets make their fashion debut Batter Up How to make a perfect pancake The DS teams seek the right ingredients for a machine that will cook flip and serve up delicious flapjacks at the flick of a switch The winning machine is put to the taste test at a busy diner Pumped An 11 foot tall water slide will be a cool addition to the community pool once there s a pump to deliver the water See which invention makes the biggest splash with YMCA campers Blowin In The Wind The teams tap into their inner artists as they compete to design and build wind powered kinetic art from recycled materials The winning sculpture is put on display at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln Massachusetts Bodies Electric Design Squad ers take a shine to hip hop artist Wyatt Jackson when they try to create a sound and light show triggered by Jackson s moves and grooves In a live performance it s DS night at the Strand Theatre Winner Takes All The season concludes when Continuum a design consultancy asks the DS teams to develop and test a summer sled for retail giant L L Bean It s a bumpy downhill slide to the finish line 2 Points Edit In most challenges each person in the winning team would receive 100 points the other team 0 points Name Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Weeks 12 13 TotalNoah 0 100 100 100 200 30 230 100 330 100 430 100 530 0 530 100 630 0 630 100 730 70 800 800Natasha 100 50 150 100 250 30 280 100 380 100 480 100 580 100 680 100 780 0 780 0 780 30 810 810Krishana 0 50 50 100 150 70 220 0 220 100 320 0 320 100 420 0 420 100 520 100 620 70 690 690Michael 100 50 150 100 250 70 320 0 320 100 420 100 520 0 520 100 620 100 720 0 720 30 750 750Kim 100 100 200 100 300 70 370 0 370 0 370 100 470 100 570 0 570 0 570 100 670 30 700 700Tom 0 50 50 100 150 70 220 100 320 0 320 0 320 0 320 0 320 100 420 100 520 70 590 590Joey 100 100 200 100 300 30 330 100 430 0 430 0 430 0 430 0 430 100 530 0 530 30 560 560Giselle 0 100 100 100 200 30 230 0 230 0 230 0 230 100 330 100 430 0 430 0 430 70 500 500In Week 2 there were 3 band members that picked 3 out of 4 instruments Each instrument picked was 50 points In Week 3 the Judges thought both teams made excellent bikes and gave both teams 100 points In Week 4 the Judges thought both teams worked very hard and didn t want winner take all Because the Red Team needed extra help to finish they split the points 30 red 70 blue In Week 12 Wyatt Jackson Judge enjoyed Blue team s performance However he also enjoyed Red Team s Light Show so they split the points 30 blue 70 red In most challenges each person in the winning team would receive 100 points the other team 0 points Season 2 2008 EditContestants Edit Dewey Deysi Jason Kim Leah Nick Tomas Trejonda 1 Episodes Edit Cardboard Furniture Sit back and relax as the Design Squad teams create innovative yet practical cardboard furniture for the home goods superstore IKEA Furniture shoppers take a seat in the judges chair to decide the season premiere s winning team PVC Kayak Jump on board as King Island Alaskan native Sean Gallagher challenges the Design Squad teams to build ten foot kayaks using traditional design but with non traditional materials Green Machines The teams go green as they work with the Food Project an organization that creates social change through sustainable agriculture Two young Food Project volunteers challenge the teams to design a compost lifter for their urban farm Gravity Bikes Watch the Design Squad teams go head to head as they build high speed gravity bikes for Gravity Sports International champion Tom Whalen Water Dancing Dancer and performance artist Lisa Bufano a bilateral leg and finger amputee challenges the teams to build specialized prostheses for an underwater performance Backyard Thrill Ride The teams bring the adrenaline rush of an amusement park ride to the backyard of 13 year old Andreas Hoffman Big Bugs The teams build wooden arthropods for an artist Aquatic Robotics Dive deep as the teams build a robot that would float on a river only for tourists and their guides if they re sailing on a river Band Cam Fly high with the Design Squad as they build a flying digital camera for a live concert of African band Zili Misik No Crying in Baseball Come along as the Design Squad builds an onion grinding machine for a guy who sells hot dogs Hockey Net Targets Get a hockey puck as the teams build targets for hockey goals Offroad Go Karts 1 It s part 1 of the season finale as the teams try to build offroad go karts Offroad Go Karts 2 It s Dewey versus Leah in a race for the college scholarship as the final episode of Season 2 makes the teams test their go karts 2 Points Edit In most challenges each person in the winning team would receive 100 points the other team 0 points Name Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Weeks 12 13 TotalDewey 0 100 100 0 100 100 200 100 300 100 400 100 500 0 500 100 600 100 700 0 700 0 700 700Deysi 100 0 100 100 200 0 200 100 300 0 300 0 300 0 300 0 300 100 400 100 500 100 600 600Tomas 100 100 200 100 300 0 300 0 300 100 400 100 500 0 500 0 500 0 500 100 600 0 600 600Nick 100 0 100 0 100 0 100 0 100 100 200 100 300 0 300 100 400 0 400 100 500 0 500 500Leah 100 100 200 100 300 100 400 0 400 0 400 0 400 0 400 100 500 100 600 100 700 100 800 800Jason 0 0 0 100 100 100 200 100 300 100 400 100 500 0 500 0 500 0 500 0 500 100 600 600Kim 0 100 100 0 100 100 200 100 300 0 300 0 300 0 300 0 300 100 400 100 500 100 600 600Trejonda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 0 100 0 100 0 100 100In Week 8 neither team was able to complete the task so no points were awarded Trejonda had the dubious distinction of earning no points until Week 9 As she herself said in the intro to Week 4 Right now I feel like the jinx You know at first I thought it was the Green Team title that was the reason I was losing but now I feel like If Trejonda s on your team you re going to lose Leah won the season and a 10 000 scholarship from the Intel Foundation Season 3 2009 EditContestants Edit Ana Annelise Juan Lindsey Wes Zach 1 Episodes Edit Moving Target The Design Squad teams reach new heights by building indestructible remote controlled flying football targets for Nerf toymaker Hasbro Future football stars judge the designs for the kick off episode of season three Crash Test Rugby U S Paralympic athlete and wheelchair rugby player Kerri Morgan asks the teams to track her every move on the court by building an automated wheelchair that simulates a defensive player on the attack Water Rescue Part 1 Water Rescue Part 2 The Design Squads build remote controlled aquatic pet rescue vehicles for the New Orleans Fire Department Shooting for the Sun It comes down to the buzzer when WNBA players Lindsay Whalen and Tamika Raymond challenge the Design Squads to build T shirt shooters that reach their arena s upper deck The winning T shirt shooter is announced live at a Connecticut Sun home game sNOw Problem Part 1 sNOw Problem Part 2 Come along for the ride as the Design Squads build dry land dog sleds for Jamaican Dog Sled team members Damion Robb and Newton Marshall Tour de BBQ The competition heats up when Redbones BBQ Restaurant owner Rob Gregory challenges the teams to build a bicycle powered rotisserie Escape from Misery Island Part 1 Escape from Misery Island Part 2 In the final showdown the teams test their sea legs by building sailboats to race across the open ocean The captain of the winning team is awarded a 10 000 college scholarship from the Intel Foundation 2 Design Squad Nation EditDesign Squad Nation is a 10 episode spin off 3 4 television and web series The series aired on PBS Kids Go from January 26 to March 30 2011 and was also streamed on the PBS Kids Go website 3 It was hosted by engineers Judy Lee and Adam Vollmer 5 The hosts travel around the world and work with children on engineering projects to make their wishes come true through engineering and inspire viewers to take on their own hands on engineering activities 6 Episodes Edit Apache Skateboarders On the premiere episode of Design Squad Nation Ronnie a 17 year old skateboarder from the White Mountain Apache Reservation in Whiteriver Arizona teams up with co hosts Judy and Adam to build a skateboarding street course Engineered to be modular durable and weather resistant this is the skate park of Ronnie s dreams It s Alive Judy and Adam join forces with Jennifer a young pastry chef from Boston MA to create the cake of her dreams for the cast party of Young Frankenstein The Musical With guidance and inspiration from master baker Jorg Amsler of Truly Jorg s Patisserie in Saugus MA the team engineers a cake that is part delicious part electronic and part mad scientist wowing the musical s cast and crew Garden to Go Judy and Adam travel to London England to meet Mariam and Bert two young members of Global Generation a community organization that grows fruits and vegetables in one of London s largest construction sites Bringing new meaning to the phrase eat locally build globally Mariam and Bert work with Adam and Judy to design and build a pedal powered mobile garden that will help them sell their produce to nearby restaurants A Cut Above Part 1 A Cut Above Part 2 Judy and Adam travel to New York City the fashion capital of the United States to meet up and coming designers Eduarda and Juan Eduarda and Juan s dreams come true when fashion designer Christian Siriano challenges them to showcase their individuality and creativity by drawing upon Judy and Adam s engineering know how to re interpret a gown from his collection Their red carpet worthy designs are treated to a surprise critique when two editors from Teen Vogue magazine join Christian at a fashion shoot Musical Bike Judy and Adam meet Beatriz in her hometown of Emeryville California to help her combine her passion for music and bike building Working at The Crucible a non profit educational foundry and metal fabrication shop they design and build a pedal powered bike organ for Beatriz to unveil at her high school block party DIY Playground Judy and Adam journey to the northern mountains of Nicaragua to work with the kids of Cusmapa to build the playground of their dreams With the help of the Fabretto Children s Foundation a non profit organization that helps local children reach their full potential the entire community pitches in working from the ground up to build Cusmapa a playground One Giant Leap Part 1 One Giant Leap Part 2 Judy and Adam invite Felipe an accomplished 15 year old pilot from Miami Florida to compete in the 2010 Red Bull Flugtag competition Together they team up with NASA to design and build a human powered flying machine With their NASA inspired glider design Team One Giant Leap soars off a 30 foot high deck impressing the judges with distance and style Trash to Treasure For the season finale Design Squad Nation asked kids across the country to recycle re use and re engineer everyday materials into the next big invention in the 2010 Trash to Treasure contest Three grand prize winners visit Boston to work with professional engineers at Continuum a global innovation and design consultancy to see their original ideas become real products 6 Design Squad Global EditPBS Kids Go launched the Design Squad Global website to complement the series Targeted towards middle school students the website enables children to share engineering ideas and sketches with each other devise solutions to global design challenges play games and watch a web series hosted by Ball and Season 2 contestant Deysi Melgar 7 In an initiative known as DSG Clubs the website also encourages middle school students to form engineering clubs and partner with clubs from other countries via the website 8 9 This initiative aims to encourage children to use the design process to solve problems and discover that engineering is a powerful tool for making a difference in the world and teach them global competence the ability to communicate and collaborate with people from different backgrounds cultures and perspectives 8 Reception EditEmily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the series four out of five stars stating that it proves that if it s done right reality TV can be both fun and functional 10 Ashby gave Design Squad Nation the same rating stating From the obvious benefits of exposing kids to useful applications of science to strong messages about creative thinking teamwork and problem solving there s no end to the positive takeaways available here 11 Design Squad Global received a four star rating for parents from Susan Yudt of Common Sense Media 12 and a five star rating for teachers from Marianne Rogowski of Common Sense Media 13 Awards Edit Nate Ball Dorothy Dickie Marisa Wolsky Thea Sahr and David Wallace at the 67th Annual Peabody Awards for Design Squad The series won a Peabody Award in 2007 for designing an outstanding program to interest young people in careers related to engineering 14 Design Squad Nation won an Emmy Award in 2012 for outstanding new approaches in children s daytime television 15 References Edit a b c The Cast of Design Squad accessed September 6 2012 http pbskids org designsquad parentseducators program cast descriptions html a b c Design Squad Episode Descriptions accessed September 6 2012 http pbskids org designsquad parentseducators program episode descriptions html a b WGBH Design Squad 2011 Report accessed December 28 2021 https www uefoundation org wp content uploads 2015 12 WGBH Design Squad 2011 Report 2 pdf Now Showing Design Squad Nation accessed December 28 2021 https www nsf gov news now showing tv design nation jsp The Cast of Design Squad Nation accessed September 6 2012 http pbskids org designsquad parentseducators program cast descriptions html a b Design Squad Nation Episode Descriptions accessed September 6 2012 http pbskids org designsquad parentseducators program episode descriptions html About the Site accessed December 28 2021 https pbskids org designsquad parentseducators site index html a b About DSG Clubs accessed December 28 2021 https mass pbslearningmedia org collection about dsg clubs Starting a Club accessed December 28 2021 http pbslm contrib s3 amazonaws com WGBH dsgclubs StartingaClub pdf Design Squad TV Review accessed December 28 2021 https www commonsensemedia org tv reviews design squad Design Squad Nation TV Review accessed December 28 2021 https www commonsensemedia org tv reviews design squad nation Design Squad Global Website Review accessed December 28 2021 https www commonsensemedia org tv reviews design squad nation Design Squad GlobalReview for Teachers accessed December 28 2021 https www commonsensemedia org tv reviews design squad nation 67th Annual Peabody Awards May 2008 NSF Funded Design Squad Nation Wins Emmy accessed December 28 2021 https obamawhitehouse archives gov blog 2012 08 14 nsf funded design squad nation wins emmy December 2021 External links EditDesign Squad at IMDb Design Squad Official Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Design Squad amp oldid 1137278857, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
