Again I turn to them and their website is certainly worth checking out during this season of remote learning.
There's a wealth of videos at Design Squad YouTube Channel. One of my favorites here is their 3 minute video on Environmental Sustainability. Not only does it promote innovation and invention, but it also promotes having an environmentally sustainable mindset. This mindset takes a growth mindset, layers it with an innovation and design mindset, but it also factors in looking at materials and energy sources with a lens of how best to promote caring about the Earth. Perfect while energized from Earth Day!
Here are some other cool Design Squad resources to check out which inspire an environmentally sustainable mindset:
- Their Super Shoes Global Challenge where students can upload drawings of their prototypes.
- This Week's Wow: Smart Soap (which features the hand soap company Forgo)
- Design Squad Global for Parents & Educators--here they have a bounty of hands-on activities & videos for schools and after school programs including their Design Squad Global Clubs. These 6-12 week clubs are created for middle schoolers. Some of the gems here include:
- Activities & Videos on the following subjects:
- Electricity
- Force/Energy
- Green
- Health/Improving Lives
- Simple Machines
- Sound/Music
- Space/Transportation
- Sports/Games
- Structures
- Technology/Materials
- Lesson plans on the following:
- Electricity & Circuits
- Engineering Design Process
- Green Design
- Helping Others
- Simple Machines
- Structures
- Training for teachers & club leaders
Video from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImT4X4oboWM, design process graphic from https://www.facebook.com/DesignSquadPBS/photos/a.75233946927/10156591047261928/?type=3&theater, screen shot from https://pbskids.org/designsquad/
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