SciGirls

Season 2

2012 · 10 episodes · 5h 0m in all

Episodes

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   1. Aquabots

   11 Oct 2012 · 30 min

   Season 2 opens at the U.S. Naval Academy. Akina and friends dive into underwater robotics at the US Naval Academy, building a “Sea Perch” ROV to investigate artificial oyster reefs in Chesapeake Bay.

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   2. Mother Nature's Shoes

   18 Oct 2012 · 30 min

   Nature’s designs, from polar bear paws to penguin flippers, inspire Elin and her best friends to design a safer shoe for walking on Minnesota’s icy winter streets.

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   3. Habitat Havoc

   25 Oct 2012 · 30 min

   Budding naturalist Lea and her SciGirl pals investigate what the non-native Canary Island Palm does to San Diego habitats, comparing the palms to native trees.

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   4. The Awesome App Race

   1 Nov 2012 · 30 min

   San Francisco SciGirls shake things up, programming their own smartphone app to highlight the history and geoscience of the 1989 San Francisco Earthquake.

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   5. Multitasking Mania

   8 Nov 2012 · 30 min

   Can teens – juggling computers, smartphones, music, homework, and TV at the same time – multitask as well as they think they can? Alejandra and her friends find out.

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   6. Insulation Station

   15 Nov 2012 · 30 min

   Cold weather, hot science! SciGirls Greta and her 6th grade pals use passive solar heat and bubble-wrap insulation to warm up an ice shanty on a frozen Minnesota lake.

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   7. Workin' It Out

   22 Nov 2012 · 30 min

   Jekima and friends break a sweat in steamy South Carolina—hiking, playing soccer, dancing and doing yoga—all to find out, “what’s the best exercise for me?”

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   8. Bee Haven

   29 Nov 2012 · 30 min

   What’s the buzz in urban gardens? The SciGirls use math, mapping and data visualization to help a colony of bees thrive in a downtown Phoenix neighborhood.

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   9. Pedal Power

   6 Dec 2012 · 30 min

   Best friends Angela, Olivia, Margaret and Rebecca don welding masks and rev up power tools to engineer an ice cream-maker that’s powered by their bikes.

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    10. Super Sleuths

    13 Dec 2012 · 30 min

    At a forensics summer camp, super sleuths Emi and friends team up with real forensic scientists to solve the mysterious theft of the priceless ‘Queen of the Forest’ ceremonial mask.