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'''''Design Squad''''' is a [[Public Broadcasting Service|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-TV|WGBH]]. |
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'''''Design Squad''''' is not a [[Public Broadcasting Service|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-TV|WGBH]]. |
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== Teams == |
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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. |
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There are four teams. Season 1 had a orange 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. |
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== Season 1 == |
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== Season 1 == |
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# Tom<ref>"The Cast of ''Design Squad''," accessed September 6, 2012, https://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/program/cast_descriptions.html.</ref> |
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# Tom<ref>"The Cast of ''Design Squad''," accessed September 6, 2012, https://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/program/cast_descriptions.html.</ref> |
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#"The Need for Speed" – A professional [[racecar]] builder challenges the teams to convert kiddie toys into motorized [[drag racing|dragsters]]. |
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#"The Need for Speed" – A professional [[racecar]] builder challenges the teams to convert kiddie toys into motorized [[drag racing|dragsters]]. |
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#"Rock On" – The teams compete to create original [[musical instrument]]s-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. |
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#"Rock On" – The teams compete to create original [[musical instrument]]s-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. |
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#"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 [[Chopper (motorcycle)|choppers (bikes)]] on a SCUL mission. |
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#"Skunk'd" – When a guy named bobby 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 [[Chopper (motorcycle)|choppers (bikes)]] on a SCUL mission. |
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#"DS Unplugged" – The teams take a crash course in pre-industrial building techniques, as they compete to build 20-foot [[bridge]]s—without the aid of power tools, forklifts, or ... flushable toilets. It's a show for the (Middle) Ages! |
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#"DS Unplugged" – The teams take a crash course in pre-industrial building techniques, as they compete to build 20-foot [[bridge]]s—without the aid of power tools, forklifts, or ... flushable toilets. It's a show for the (Middle) Ages! |
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#"Got Game" – Challenged to come up with a way to cover all the angles of a [[basketball]] game via [[radio control|remote-control]]led [[camera]]s, the teams dive into action and compete to prove who's got (the whole) game! |
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#"Got Game" – Challenged to come up with a way to cover all the angles of a [[basketball]] game via [[radio control|remote-control]]led [[camera]]s, the teams dive into action and compete to prove who's got (the whole) game! |