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Design Squad Nation; It's Alive
12/02/2010
HD Master of Episode 102: It’s Alive! (Cake)

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- Series
- Design Squad Nation
- Program
- It's Alive
- Program Number
102
- Series Description
This series, hosted by professional engineers Judy Lee and Adam Vollmer, is about making kids' dreams come true through engineering. As engineers Judy and Adam use their know-how to help kids across the country and around the world design and build creations.
Premiering on PBS in January 2011, DESIGN SQUAD NATION is a 10-part series of TV shows and video blogs that build on the success of the award-winning PBS reality competition series DESIGN SQUAD to get kids excited about engineering. DESIGN SQUAD NATION is high-energy, high-drama reality TV led by Judy and Adam, two professional engineers who work with kids around the world to make their wishes come true through engineering. From creating a park for skaters at the White Mountain Apache Reservation in Arizona to building a playground in a rural village in Nicaragua's northern mountains, the goal of DESIGN SQUAD NATION is to inspire viewers to take on their own hands-on engineering activities. Series release date: 1/26/2011
- Program Description
Original Episode Number: 405
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.
Engineering Content: Engineering connects to a broad range of careers (including those that are food related). Science Content: Electricity; Simple Machines
- Duration
00:28:46
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Topics
- Science
- Citation
- Chicago: “Design Squad Nation; It's Alive,” 12/02/2010, GBH Archives, accessed February 27, 2021, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_8835985A4DCB49DDB1132A547EF352C8.
- MLA: “Design Squad Nation; It's Alive.” 12/02/2010. GBH Archives. Web. February 27, 2021. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_8835985A4DCB49DDB1132A547EF352C8>.
- APA: Design Squad Nation; It's Alive. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_8835985A4DCB49DDB1132A547EF352C8