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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Inspector Detector
This challenge requires you to design and build a device that can pass above a surface and detect magnetic fields.
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Headphone Helper
This challenge is to design and build a headphone system to hear a musical instrument (real or homemade) better. Can you do it?
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Down Core
This challenge is to design and build a tool that can take a core sample from the center of a potato. Are you up to it?
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Blimp Jet
Can you build a blimp that hovers, and then modify it to use balloon power to travel in a straight path across the room? Try it!
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Zip Line
Your job is to design and build a ping-pong carrier and send it down a zip line in 4 seconds or less. Are you up to the task?
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Soft Landing
This challenge is to design and build a cushion system that can safely land an egg dropped onto the floor from three feet up. Are you up to the challenge?
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Sky Floater
Can you make a balloon hover in one spot and move without you touching it when you create air currents? Give it a try!
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Paddle Power
Can you build a rubber band-powered, paddle boat that paddles across the water? Give this a try and have a paddle race with a friend.
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: On Target
This challenge requires you to modify a paper cup so it can zip down a line and drop a marble onto a target.
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Kick Stick
Can you build a battery-operated, spinning motor-powered arm that can move ping pong balls across the room? Take the challenge!
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Kicking Machine
In this challenge, you will build a machine that can send a ball (golf or ping pong) at least 12 inches.
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Helping Hand
Can you design and build a device that will let you grab and drop objects from at least two feet away? Give it a try!
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Heavy Lifting
This challenge is to design and build a crane and determine how heavy a load it can lift.
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Dance Pad Mania
This challenge is to build a dance pad that sounds a buzzer or flashes a light when you dance on it.
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Build an Instrument
This challenge is to build a four-stringed musical instrument that can play a tune on different pitches.
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Watercraft
Can you design and build a watercraft that will keep 25 pennies afloat for at least 10 seconds? Give it a try!
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Touchdown
It's your job to design, build, and test a landing module that will provide a safe touchdown for your astronauts (marshmallows). Can you do it?
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Rubber Band Car
Take this challenge to design and build a rubber band-powered car and watch it go.
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Robo Arm
Can you design and build a robotic arm that can lift a cup off the table? Check this out and see!
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Pop Fly
Design a way to launch ping pong balls high into the air, test it, and make changes if needed.
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Paper Table
Use your creativity to design and build a paper table, at least 8 inches tall, that is strong enough to hold a heavy book. Challenge your friends to see whose table can hold the most weight.
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Launch It
Use a balloon to build an air-powered rocket and launch it to see if you can hit a target.
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Kinetic Sculpture
Try your hand at designing and building an 18-inch tower that can support a tennis ball while a fan blows on it.
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Hidden Alarm
Design and build a small alarm that is easily hidden. Think of places you would like to hide an alarm.