Season 2

Season 2

SciGirls

10 episodes11/10/2012

Episodes

Episode 1
S2 · E1 · 11/10/2012 · 30 min

Aquabots

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.

Episode 2
S2 · E2 · 18/10/2012 · 30 min

Mother Nature's Shoes

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.

Episode 3
S2 · E3 · 25/10/2012 · 30 min

Habitat Havoc

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.

Episode 4
S2 · E4 · 01/11/2012 · 30 min

The Awesome App Race

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

Episode 5
S2 · E5 · 08/11/2012 · 30 min

Multitasking Mania

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.

Episode 6
S2 · E6 · 15/11/2012 · 30 min

Insulation Station

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.

Episode 7
S2 · E7 · 22/11/2012 · 30 min

Workin' It Out

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?”

Episode 8
S2 · E8 · 29/11/2012 · 30 min

Bee Haven

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.

Episode 9
S2 · E9 · 06/12/2012 · 30 min

Pedal Power

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.

Episode 10
S2 · E10 · 13/12/2012 · 30 min

Super Sleuths

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.

Season cast