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- Series
- Design Squad
- Program
- Bodies Electric
- Program Number
112
- Series Description
Sneak Preview on WGBH 2 February 24, 2007 Series premiere March 24, 2007
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.
Series release date: 03/24/2007
- Program Description
Season One (1) Broadcast in 2007 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! Final Dance performed by Stephanie Adamick, Krishana and Joey.
Red Team, with assistance from Elaine Yang: Joey Nguyen, Kim Zalatan, Natasha Sivananjaiah, Michael “Mike” Spieler Blue Team with assistance from David Wallace: Tom Cotter, Giselle Eng, Krishana House, Noah Tovares,
D-Squad Pro File: Electrical engineer Lt. Darrin Barber plumes the depths of sonar technology in his work on the U.S. Navy's newest—and most high-tech—submarine, the USS Texas.
Watch the Pro File: Submarine Sonar
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Game Show
- Topics
- Science
- Creators
- Taylor, Kate (Series Producer)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Design Squad; Bodies Electric,” WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed April 22, 2018, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_2F9E9B07DAD6485BA2C685C5221242CB.
- MLA: “Design Squad; Bodies Electric.” WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. April 22, 2018. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_2F9E9B07DAD6485BA2C685C5221242CB>.
- APA: Design Squad; Bodies Electric. Boston, MA: WGBH Media Library & Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_2F9E9B07DAD6485BA2C685C5221242CB