Design Squad

Design 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)
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Design 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."

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.

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.

Before the finale

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

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.

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