Sample projects
Design Squad
Premiering on PBS in January 2011, Design Squad Nation (DSN) )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. DSN 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 DSN is to inspire viewers to take on their own hands-on engineering activities.
CEG has evaluated three seasons of Design Squad, including Design Squad Nation. Evaluation activities have included national surveys of Design Squad website users, school-based evaluations in middle school classrooms, and home viewing studies.
Learn More:
Paulsen, C.A. & Bransfield, C.P. (2010). Evaluation of Design Squad, Season 3: Final Report. In support of NSF Grant No: 0810996. Concord, MA: Concord Evaluation Group, LLC. PDF version
