Website: Build It With PBS!
The PBS Design Squad website, which supports the popular t.v. show of the same name, features 15 fun activities, some of which we’veĀ featured on this EGFI teachers’ site. From an extreme kicking machine to a ping-pong ball launcher, these projects will unleash your students’ ingenuity and get them thinking like engineers. Designed for 9-12 year olds, each activity has step-by-step instructions and age-appropriate explanations of the main idea.
Age Range: Grade 4 and up
Skills/subjects: Materials, Tools and Machines, Engineering Design, Physical Science
Filed under: Web Resources
Tags: Class Activities, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Television show, Website