Resources
- Design Squad Nation--Extreme Kicking Machine
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Modify your kicking machine. Have it either release the pendulum or rubber band when you're standing three feet away, or have it automatically feed balls into the kicking machine, one after another.
- Design Squad Nation--Kicking Machine
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Build a machine that kicks a Ping-Pong ball into a cup lying on its side 12 inches away.
- Design Squad Nation--High Rise
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Build a tower that can support a tennis ball at least 18 inches off the ground while withstanding the wind from a fan.
- Design Squad Nation--Motorized Car
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Make a car that uses a battery-operated motor to go at least ten feet.
- Design Squad Nation--Dance Pad Mania
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Build a dance pad that lets you use your feet to sound a buzzer or flash a light.
- Design Squad Nation--Four Corners
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Build a cardboard machine with pieces that fit together precisely.
- Design Squad Nation--Hidden Alarm
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Design an alarm that you can turn on and off and is small enough to hide.
- Design Squad Nation--Pop Fly
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Invent a way to send a Ping
- Design Squad Nation--Kinetic Sculpture
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Make a sculpture that is at least six inches tall and has at least two parts that move in the wind but is sturdy enough to stand up in the wind.
- Design Squad Nation--Rubber Band Car
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students, Scientists and Engineers
- Build a car that goes really far, really fast. Oh, by the way, your power source is a rubber band, and your car can only have two wheels. Start your engines!
- FETCH! Thrill Ride
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students
- Design a crazy roller coaster ride for a marble
- FETCH! Target Practice
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students
- Build a catapult using a lever, and power it with a rubber band. Then, use what you've learned to build your own design, and send a marshmallow flying through the air!
- FETCH! Motion Picture
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students
- Create a thaumatrope
- FETCH! Eye Spy
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students
- Make a periscope so you can secretly peer over walls and peek around corners.
- FETCH! Kaleid-o-mania
- Provided by WGBH
- Engineering
- General Learning Resources, Hands-On Projects
- For Everyone, Educators, Students
- Reflections, light, and your artistic talents create a dazzling kaleidoscope!