• 2011
  • TV-G
Design Squad Nation

Summary It was hosted by engineers Judy Lee and Adam Vollmer. 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." View more details

  • 2011
  • TV-G

Design Squad Nation

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Stars : Curtis Cruz Becky O'Hara Amanda Bligh

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Genres : Family Documentary Reality-TV

Release date : Jan 25, 2011

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : PBS

Language : English

Production companies : WGBH Kids

Summary It was hosted by engineers Judy Lee and Adam Vollmer. 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." View more details

Details

Genres : Family Documentary Reality-TV

Release date : Jan 25, 2011

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : PBS

Language : English

Production companies : WGBH Kids

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Design Squad Nation (2011)

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Episode 1 • Jan 25, 2011
Apache Skateboarders
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.
Episode 2 • Feb 01, 2011
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.
Episode 3 • Feb 08, 2011
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.
Episode 4 • Feb 15, 2011
A Cut Above Part 1
Episode 5 • Feb 22, 2011
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.
Episode 6 • Mar 01, 2011
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.
Episode 7 • Mar 08, 2011
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.
Episode 8 • Mar 15, 2011
One Giant Leap Part 1
Episode 9 • Mar 22, 2011
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.
Episode 10 • Mar 29, 2011
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.
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