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SciGirls

SciGirls

SciGirls is TPT's National Science Foundation-funded program that engage girls (and boys!), families, and educators nationwide around science, technology, engineering, and math, or STEM. By combining an Emmy-award winning PBS Kids series, multiple websites, hands-on activities, and professional development workshops, SciGirls reaches millions on the air, online, and in communities, inspiring the next generation of STEM superstars.

Episodes

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SciGirls: Awesome Alaska

SciGirls on the Alaska coast explore their local parks to identify and record animal and plant species.
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SciGirls: High Tech Fashion

With Project Runway fashion designer Diana Eng, Izzie wires up an electrifying gown with Hallie and her friends.
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SciGirls: Insulation Station

SciGirls use passive solar heat and bubble-wrap insulation to warm up an ice shanty in Minnesota.
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SciGirls: Science Cooks!

Claire and her friends make comfort foods more nutritious (without sacrificing the delicious).
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SciGirls: Mother Nature's Shoes

Nature's designs inspire Elin and her best friends to design a safer shoe for walking on Minnesota's icy winter streets.
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SciGirls: Making Space

SciGirls are on a mission to reduce harmful effects of isolation during deep spaceflight.
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SciGirls: Cartoon Coders

SciGirls create a computer animation that urges kids to take action in their own communities.
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SciGirls: Space Squad

Texas SciGirls team with a NASA materials engineer to create water bottle insulators.
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SciGirls: Bee Haven

The SciGirls use math, mapping and data visualization to help a colony of bees thrive in a downtown Phoenix neighborhood.
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SciGirls: Salamander Tales

SciGirls in Tennessee explore Great Smoky Mountains National Park—the salamander capital of the world.
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SciGirls: Super Sensors

Inspired by NASA satellite cameras, SciGirls build and code their own wildlife cameras.
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SciGirls: Aquabots

SciGirls build an underwater robot to investigate oyster reefs.
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SciGirls: Flashy Fireflies

SciGirls use citizen science to learn about fireflies at Congaree National Park.
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SciGirls: Frog Whisperers

Friends compare frog and toad calls in rural and urban sites to evaluate the population.
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SciGirls: River Rescuers

In Minnesota, SciGirls face down pollution on the Mississippi River, and collect data to track plastic pollution in the watershed.