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Design Squad Nation; DIY Playground
01/31/2011
SD Master of Episode 107 DIY Playground
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- Series
- Design Squad Nation
- Program
- DIY Playground
- Program Number
107
- 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: 403
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.
Engineering Content: Resources (such as tools, machines, materials, information, energy, people, capital, and time) are the things needed to get a job done; Innovation, invention, and engineering improve people’s lives. Science Content: Structures; Force; Sound
- Duration
00:28:46
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Topics
- Science
- Citation
- Chicago: “Design Squad Nation; DIY Playground,” 01/31/2011, GBH Archives, accessed June 1, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9094083B458C45EAB658A1E9A31A7A18.
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