Design Squad
Get inspired. Get wired. Get totally fired up! Get into the PBS Kids reality show Design Squad! This season, two teams of high school kids face off, converting toys into dragsters, inventing fashion for the runway, and creating summer sleds for L.L. Bean. And with only two days to execute these challenges, they need to think smart and design fast. Then the Design Squad-ers put their products to the test, all while keeping their cool when things get hot and their eyes on the grand prize - a $10,000 college scholarship.
- 2007-2009
- 3 seasons
- PBS
- Family
- TV-G
Get inspired. Get wired. Get totally fired up! Get into the PBS Kids reality show Design Squad! This season, two teams of high school kids face off, converting toys into dragsters, inventing fashion for the runway, and creating summer sleds for L.L. Bean. And with only two days to execute these challenges, they need to think smart and design fast. Then the Design Squad-ers put their products to the test, all while keeping their cool when things get hot and their eyes on the grand prize - a $10,000 college scholarship.
Season 3 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2009
Episode 1
Moving Target
Sun, Oct 11, 2009 26 mins
The Design Squad teams reach new heights by building indestructible, remote-controlled, flying football targets for Nerf toymaker Hasbro. Future football stars judge the designs for the kick-off episode of season three.
Episode 2
Crash-Test Rugby
Sun, Oct 18, 2009 26 mins
U.S. Paralympic athlete and wheelchair rugby player Kerri Morgan asks the teams to track her every move on the court by building an automated wheelchair that simulates a defensive player on the attack.
Episode 3
Water Rescue: Part 1
Sun, Oct 25, 2009 26 mins
The Design Squads build remote-controlled, aquatic pet rescue vehicles for the New Orleans Fire Department.
Episode 4
Water Rescue: Part 2
Sun, Nov 1, 2009 25 mins
The Design Squads build remote-controlled, aquatic pet rescue vehicles for the New Orleans Fire Department.
Episode 5
Shooting for the Sun
Sun, Nov 8, 2009 26 mins
It comes down to the buzzer when WNBA players Lindsay Whalen and Tameka Raymond challenge the Design Squads to build T-shirt shooters that reach their arena's upper deck. The winning T-shirt shooter is announced live at a Connecticut Sun home game.
Episode 6
Snow Problem?
Fri, Oct 9, 2026 26 mins
Episode 7
sNOw Problem?: Part 2
Fri, Oct 9, 2026 26 mins
Come along for the ride as the Design Squads build dry land dog sleds for Jamaican Dog Sled team members Damion Robb and Newton Marshall.
Episode 8
Tour de BBQ
Fri, Oct 9, 2026 26 mins
The competition heats up when Redbones BBQ Restaurant owner, Rob Gregory, challenges the teams to build a bicycle-powered rotisserie.
Episode 9
Escape from Misery Island: Part 1
Fri, Oct 9, 2026 26 mins
In the final showdown, the teams test their sea legs by building sailboats to race across the open ocean. The captain of the winning team is awarded a $10,000 college scholarship from the Intel Foundation.
Episode 10
Escape from Misery Island: Part 2
Fri, Oct 9, 2026 25 mins
In the final showdown, the teams test their sea legs by building sailboats to race across the open ocean. The captain of the winning team is awarded a $10,000 college scholarship from the Intel Foundation.