About this season
Scigirls is a show about teen girls getting involved with science by doing different experiments and studies.
Episodes (10)
1. Aquabots
Aired 11 October 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.
2. Mother Nature's Shoes
Aired 18 October 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.
3. Habitat Havoc
Aired 25 October 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.
4. The Awesome App Race
Aired 1 November 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.
5. Multitasking Mania
Aired 8 November 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.
6. Insulation Station
Aired 15 November 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.
7. Workin' It Out
Aired 22 November 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?”
8. Bee Haven
Aired 29 November 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.
9. Pedal Power
Aired 6 December 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.
10. Super Sleuths
Aired 13 December 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.