SciGirls
SciGirls: Season 2

Air Date

October 11, 2012

Episodes

10 episodes

SciGirls

Season 2

Episodes

1. Aquabots

October 11, 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

October 18, 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

October 25, 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

November 1, 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

November 8, 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

November 15, 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

November 22, 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

November 29, 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

December 6, 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

December 13, 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.