Design Squad: Nate's Roadtrip

WGBH正在制作一部美国公共广播公司（PBS）的电视连续剧，并为9至12岁的孩子提供相应的网络和推广活动，以激励新一代崭露头角的工程师。《Design Squad: Nate’s Roadtrip》（暂定名）将是一部10集的电视剧，改编自WGBH之前获奖的作品。该系列的目标是激发学生的热情，促进他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乐趣背后，是一个严肃的教育目的——让孩子们像工程师一样思考，了解如何使用科学技术来解决现实生活中的问题。除了电视节目外，还将有一个广泛的配套网站，以及为工程师提供的材料和培训，以便在公共场所举办设计小组活动，并在学校、课后项目和图书馆举办讲习班。该网站将为在线社区创建一个平台，年轻的参与者可以在这里分享他们自己的项目，看看其他人做了什么，并向主持人提出问题。外展活动将得到WGBH在教育和工程界的持续关系的支持，包括女童子军、国际技术教育协会、美国宇航局和英特尔计算机俱乐部。Viridian inSight将对项目进行总结性评估，以衡量项目影响，包括科学和工程概念知识以及设计过程；对工程的态度；对工程方面的职业机会有一定的认识和兴趣；以及孩子们在多大程度上认为工程学是创造性的、有益的、与社会相关的。《Design Squad: Nate的公路之旅视频博客》将于2010年2月首播，电视剧将于2010年10月首播。

WGBH is producing a PBS television series, with accompanying web and outreach activities for 9- to 12-year-olds, to inspire a generation of budding engineers. Design Squad: Nate's Roadtrip (working title) will be a 10-part television series that is building on WGBH's prior award-winning work. The series goal is to engender enthusiasm and promote understanding of, and interest in, engineering and technology. Behind the fun that this lively show envisions is 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 an extensive companion web site, as well as materials and training for engineers to mount Design Squad events in public venues and run workshops in schools, afterschool programs and libraries. The web site will create a platform for an online community where young participants will share their own projects, see what others have made, and send in questions to the host. Outreach activities will be supported by WGBH's ongoing relationships in the educational and engineering community, including the Girl Scouts, International Technology Education Association, NASA, and the Intel Computer Clubhouses. Viridian inSight will conduct summative evaluation of the project to measure project impacts including knowledge of science and engineering concepts and the design process; attitudes towards engineering; awareness of and interest in engineering career opportunities; and the extent to which kids perceive engineering as creative, rewarding, and socially relevant. Design Squad: Nate's Roadtrip Video Blog is slated to premiere February 2010 and the television show is slated to premiere in October 2010.