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Pbs Learning Media: Botswana Today
Learn about the achievements and national problems of the African nation of Botswana in this video segment from Wide Angle.
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build
Do you like to build and create new things? Check out this collection of 48 different engineering activities providing opportunities for creative building using things around the house. These include activities like spinning, rubber band...
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Spinner
What can you build with things around the house? Select what you would like to make, click on three items you have and want to use, and click on the spinner to get ideas and instructions.
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Top Builder Challenge
Students were challenged to create something powered by rubber bands. Check out the winners and runner ups. Can you recreate theirs or create one of your own?
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Speedy Shelter
This challenge is to design and build a sturdy emergency shelter that can fit one person and easy to build. Are you up to the challenge?
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Sky Glider
Can you build a blimp (airship) that travels in a straight path across the room? Give this one a try.
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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.