Design Squad: Season One

WGBH正在制作一个新的PBS电视节目，并为9至12岁的孩子提供网络和外展活动，以激励一代崭露头角的工程师。 《设计小队》（暂定名）将是一部13集的电视连续剧，将游戏节目的吸引力与现实世界挑战的戏剧性结合起来，以激发人们对工程和技术的热情，促进人们对工程和技术的理解和兴趣。 在这个生动的节目所设想的所有乐趣的背后，有一个严肃的教育目的--让孩子们像工程师一样思考，了解如何利用科学和技术来解决现实生活中的问题。 电视节目将辅之以材料和培训，供工程师在公共场所举办“设计小组”活动，在学校、课外活动和图书馆举办讲习班，并建立一个广泛的配套网站。 “Design Squad”的三个预期战略影响是：（1）满足工程教育和儿童电视的迫切需要，（2）增加学生对工程和设计过程的了解，（3）改善工程的公众形象，特别是在女孩和少数民族中。 该系列的内容总监是麻省理工学院的丹尼尔弗雷博士。 嘉民研究集团将对该项目进行评估。

WGBH is producing a new PBS television show with accompanying Web and outreach activities for 9- to 12-year-olds, to inspire a generation of budding engineers. "Design Squad" (working title) will be a 13-part television series, which combines the appeal of a game show with the drama of real-world challenges to engender enthusiasm and promote understanding of, and interest in, engineering and technology. Behind all the fun that this lively show envisions lays a serious educational purpose -- to get kids to think like engineers and understand how to use science and technology to solve real-life problems. The television programs will be complemented with materials and training for engineers to mount "Design Squad" events in public venues and run workshops in schools, afterschool programs and libraries, and an extensive companion web site. "Design Squad 's" three intended strategic impacts are to: (1) address a critical need in engineering education and children's television, (2) increase students' knowledge of engineering and the design process and (3) improve the public image of engineering, especially among girls and minorities.The WGBH production team will be lead by Brigid Sullivan and Kate Taylor. The Series Content Director is Dr. Daniel Frey of MIT. Goodman Research Group, Inc. will conduct the evaluation of the project.