Promise Neighborho ods National Network Conference July 9 th - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Promise Neighborho ods National Network Conference July 9 th 2015

Agenda Warm-up Discussion What is Design Squad Global? Hands-on Engineering Activity Q&A with DSG Club Leaders - South Africa Wrap-up

Questions for Thought  What are some examples of how engineering has impacted society and your own life?  What are some problems or needs you see in your community?  How do you think engineering can be used to address these issues? Design Squad was developed with the intention of getting kids to engage in engineering and problem solving in a fun and creative way.

A Brief History TV Show  46 Episodes  24 Engineer Career Profiles  62 Animations of STEM concepts Website: pbskids.org/designsquad/  Short Videos  Interactive Online Games  Hands-on Engineering Activities  Design Challenges  Space for Sharing and Collaboration Outreach Campaign  100+ Partnerships  Engineer and Informal Educator Training  Events and Workshops

What is Design Squad Global? A club that connects 10-13 year olds in out-of-school time programs in the U.S. to kids around the world to collaborate on solving real-world engineering problems and expand their cross-cultural understanding. Features  10 Sessions  Hands-on Engineering Activities + Design Process  Global Partnership  Community groups  Promise Neighborhoods

The Design Process DEFINE THE NEED Every session in Design Squad Global reinforces the design process to develop core skills: BRAINSTORM  Creativity and innovation DESIGN  Critical thinking and problem solving BUILD  Communication and collaboration  The ability to learn from REDESIGN TEST & EVALUATE mistakes  Confidence to take action SHARE SOLUTION

Hands-on Engineering Activity Design and build a structure only out of newspaper and tape that is at least eight inches tall and strong enough to hold a heavy book. .

The Design Process DEFINE THE NEED BRAINSTORM DESIGN BUILD REDESIGN TEST & EVALUATE SHARE SOLUTION

Reflections  What made your paper table especially strong?  What problems did you run into, and how did you solve them?  How did you rely on your teammates for this project? How challenging would it have been to design and build your table alone?  What would you do differently next time to improve your design?

Q&A with DSG Club Leaders South Africa

Funding Major funding is provided by the National Science Foundation. Project funding is provided by the Lemelson Foundation and PBS Kids.

Keep in Touch! Caleb Herod cherod@deltahealthalliance.org Saranya Sathananthan saranya_sathananthan@wgbh.org