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AIDG Executive Director Appears on PBS's Design Squad |
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Watch Episode 6 of PBS' Design Squad online. AIDG's own Executive Director, Pete Haas, makes a cameo appearance as a beta-prototyper and judge in the episode, entitled "A Collective Collaboration".
The goal of Design Squad series is to help kids develop a lifelong
interest in math, science, and engineering by showing them the weird
and wonderful things engineering can accomplish. The entire show is 13
episodes, over which time eight teenagers compete to design and build
machines for real clients. In the final episode, the top two scorers
battle for the Grand Prize—a $10,000 college scholarship from the
Intel®Foundation to study science, engineering, math, or technology.
Episode 6 is a special one in the series in that it illustrates how
engineering can have a wider global impact and be used to address
important social issues. "The teams set their sights on designing the
most durable, portable and low cost peanut butter making machines for a
women's collective in Haiti. Powered by human hands and inspiring to
the human heart, DS shows that engineering really can change lives."
In Petite Anse, with the ladies from the peanut butter cooperative
Check out PBS for the listings in your local market.
Design Squad Site at PBS Go Kids
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