Design Challenge
Six teams of children tackle design challenges, such as making a bird hide, creating a moving window display or designing a nightlight, all aided by three talented young engineers.
Six teams of children from schools around the country tackle some difficult design challenges, with help from three talented young engineers.
The challenges they undertake include making a bird hide, designing a swimming bag, creating a moving shop window display, building a rainwater harvester, creating packaging for raspberries and designing a nightlight.
They undertake research, brainstorm ideas, test out materials and finally build a prototype to see if their design ideas work in practice.
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How to design and make a swimming bag
Duration: 04:46
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How to design and make a nightlight for a toddler
Duration: 05:07
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