Design Squad

Red's Squad
Release
Original network PBS Kids Go! (2007–2013)
PBS Kids (2013–present)
Original release February 28, 2007 (2007-02-28) – March 20, 2011 (2011-03-20)
External links
Website

Red's Squad is a PBS reality television series geared towards middle and high-school children, where contestants design whimsical machines in order to win an Intel college scholarship worth $10,000. The show is produced by WGBH and won a Peabody Award in 2007 "for 'designing' an outstanding program to interest young people in careers related to engineering."[1]

Hosts

Nate Ball, Dorothy Dickie, Marisa Wolsky, Thea Sahr and David Wallace at the 67th Annual Peabody Awards for Design Squad

Nate Ball and Deanne Bell are engineers and the co-hosts of season 1. Bell did not return for Season 2 leaving for the Discovery Channel program Smash Lab, leaving Ball as the sole host of the show.

Teams

There are two teams. Season 1 had a Red Team and a Blue Team. Season 2 and season 3 had a Green team and Purple team. Season 1 and 2 had 8 contestants total with 4 on each team. Season 3 had 6 contestants total with 3 on each team. In this show, the whole team wins. The team members switch from one episode to the next, so the teams never stay the same.

Season 1

Cast

  1. Giselle
  2. Joey
  3. Kim
  4. Krishana
  5. Michael
  6. Natasha
  7. Noah
  8. Tom[2]

Episodes

  1. "The Need for Speed" – A professional racecar builder challenges the teams to convert kiddie toys into motorized dragsters.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "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!
  5. "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!
  6. "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.
  7. "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.
  8. "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.
  9. "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.
  10. "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.
  11. "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.
  12. "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
  13. "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![3]

Points

Before the finale

Name Points
Noah 0 100, 100 100, 200 30, 230 100, 330 100, 430 100, 530 0, 530 100, 630 0, 630 100, 730 70, 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
Krishana 0 50, 50 100, 150 70, 220 0, 220 100, 320 0, 320 100, 420 0, 420 100, 520 100, 620 70, 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
Kim 100 100, 200 100, 300 70, 370 0, 370 0, 370 100, 470 100, 570 0, 570 0, 570 100, 670 30, 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
Joey 100 100, 200 100, 300 30, 330 100, 430 0, 430 0, 430 0, 430 0, 430 100, 530 0, 530 30, 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

Season 2

Cast

  1. Dewey
  2. Deysi
  3. Jason
  4. Kim
  5. Leah
  6. Nick
  7. Tomas
  8. Tréjonda[4]

Episodes

  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "Backyard Thrill Ride" – The teams bring the adrenaline rush of an amusement park ride to the backyard of 13-year-old Andreas Hoffman.
  7. "Big Bugs" – The teams build wooden arthropods for an artist.
  8. "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.
  9. "Band Cam" – Fly high with the Design Squad as they build a flying digital camera for a live concert of African band Zili Misik.
  10. "No Crying in Baseball" – Come along as the Design Squad builds an onion-grinding machine for a guy who sells hot dogs.
  11. "Hockey Net Targets" – Get a hockey puck as the teams build targets for hockey goals.
  12. "Offroad Go-Karts 1" – It's part 1 of the season finale as the teams try to build offroad go-karts.
  13. "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.[5]

Points

In most challenges, each person in the winning team will 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

Season 3

Cast

Episodes

  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. "Water Rescue Part 1"
  4. "Water Rescue Part 2" – The Design Squads build remote-controlled, aquatic pet rescue vehicles for the New Orleans Fire Department.
  5. "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.
  6. "sNOw Problem? Part 1"
  7. "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.
  8. "Tour de BBQ" – The competition heats up when Redbones BBQ Restaurant owner, Rob Gregory, challenges the teams to build a bicycle-powered rotisserie.
  9. "Escape from Misery Island Part 1"
  10. "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.[7]

Points

In most challenges, each person in the winning team will receive 100 points, the other team 0 points.

Name Week 1 Week 2 Weeks 3/4 Week 5 Weeks 6/7 Week 8 Weeks 9/10 Total
Ana 100 100, 200 0, 200 0, 200 0, 200 0, 200 0, 200 200
Annelise 0 100, 100 0, 100 0, 100 100, 200 100, 300 100, 400 400
Jaun 100 0, 100 0, 100 100, 200 100, 300 0, 300 0, 300 300
Lindsey 0 0, 0 100, 100 0, 100 100, 200 100, 300 100, 400 400
Wes 100 100, 200 100, 300 100, 400 0, 400 100, 500 100, 600 600
Zach 0 0, 0 100, 100 100, 200 0, 200 0, 200 0, 200 200

Design Squad Nation

Design Squad Nation Logo.

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.[8]

Season 1

Cast

Episodes

  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "A Cut Above Part 1"
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. "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.
  8. "One Giant Leap Part 1"
  9. "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.
  10. "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.[10]

References

  1. 67th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2008.
  2. "The Cast of Design Squad," accessed September 6, 2012, http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/program/cast_descriptions.html.
  3. "Design Squad Episode Descriptions," accessed September 6, 2012, http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/program/episode_descriptions.html.
  4. "The Cast of Design Squad," accessed September 6, 2012, http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/program/cast_descriptions.html.
  5. "Design Squad Episode Descriptions," accessed September 6, 2012, http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/program/episode_descriptions.html.
  6. "The Cast of Design Squad," accessed September 6, 2012, http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/program/cast_descriptions.html.
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