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- Scigirls is a show about teen girls getting involved with science by doing different experiments and studies.
- A documentary that recounts the many ways in which American slavery persisted as a practice many decades after its supposed abolition.
- Constitution USA with Peter Sagal explores the Constitution and its role in the American story -- from its creation, to the crises that challenged and reshaped it, to contemporary debates over rights and the role of government.
- 1974– 52mTV-G8.0 (68)TV EpisodeNova examines the physics of telescope design. Following the development of the telescope over several centuries the program explains the challenges that the major design innovations solved and the inevitable major discoveries they produced.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- San Francisco SciGirls shake things up, programming their own smartphone app to highlight the history and geoscience of the 1989 San Francisco Earthquake.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?"
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- From PBS - Izzie is dismayed when no one comes to her new after school club. From the SciGirls she learns the value of observation in evaluating any type of "habitat." When she adds decorations, games and snacks to her club room, her club becomes an instant hit!
- 2013– 53mTV-PG7.1 (8)TV EpisodeExplore the Constitution's most striking and innovative feature: its resilient brand of federalism.
- 2013– 53mTV-PG6.4 (5)TV EpisodeExamine what most Americans consider the Constitution's most important feature: the Bill of Rights.
- Learn about the far-reaching changes created by the Fourteenth Amendment.
- Consider the systems that have kept the Constitution healthy for more than 225 years.
- From PBS - Jake has laryngitis and despite Izzie's best efforts, she can't understand anything he's trying to communicate with all his gestures and facial expressions. She learns how to observe and catalogue his behaviors from the SciGirls, but concludes that dolphins are easier to understand than Jake.
- From PBS - Jake is getting ready for a science test but he's lost his lucky socks! Izzie learns excavation techniques from the SciGirls and carefully catalogs everything that's jammed into Jake's school locker. She unearths the socks, but admits she might have found them even more easily by smell!
- From PBS - Izzie needs to pick a date for the annual Sadie Hawkins dance. To determine the best dancer, she adapts the water test the SciGirls use to measure how bumpy a horse is. Science rules out the worst dancers, leaving Jake as her date.
- From PBS - Izzie is Skyping with Jake and working on a report about the depletion of Earth's resources when her laptop battery dies. Rather than plug it in and use more electricity, she calls on the SciGirls for help. Learning about alternative power sources, she figures out how power her laptop with a generator attached to an exercise bike - pedaled by Jake of course!
- From PBS - Izzie has decided to run in a triathlon for an environmental cause, but learns she cannot wear all the outfits she'll need at the same time! Inspired by the SciGirls, she designs a special outfit that has everything she needs built in, at the touch of a button: water wings, speakers for motivation and LEDs to display a flashing message "Save the Mallards!"
- From PBS - Izzie begs her friend Jake to eat something other than snack foods, but he claims anything that's good for him tastes terrible. Learning from the SciGirls how to come up with snacks that are both tasty and healthy, she tests them on Jake. He can't believe his tastebuds, but he still insists on one more crunchy snack - just for dessert.
- From PBS - At Izzie's school, the class superlatives are published and Izzie is called "The Most Unique Dresser." She's not sure if that's good or bad! She learns from the SciGirls what "indicator species" are, so she searches her closet for "indicator clothing" that matches what she sees in fashion magazines. She discovers she owns all the indicator outfits but cannot resist combining them in her own special way. She decides she loves being a "unique ecosystem!"
- From PBS - Jake's pet mouse "Fang" is hiding under Jake's bed and won't come out. Jake' is trying to rescue Fang with a remote controlled car but whenever the car gets close, Fang runs away. Izzie learns from the SciGirls how to make the car more mouse-friendly and rescue Fang!
- From PBS - Izzie finds Jake emptying cases and cases of snacks, hoping to find a movie premiere ticket in one of the snack containers. They decide to recycle the containers, only to discover that the containers are not recyclable. The SciGirls show Izzie how to re-use the containers and get Jake into the movie after all!
- From PBS - Jake shows Izzie the flashy, lighted skateboard he's going to use in the school talent show. But when he rehearses with the stage lights, the skateboard lights are invisible. Izzie learns about "light pollution" from the SciGirls, and she figures out how to shield the stage lights so Jake's act can win the prize.
- From PBS - Izzie is running for class president and Jake tells her it doesn't matter what her speech is like, the tallest candidate always wins. Desperate to get a leg up on the competition, Izzie learns how to make a puppet from the SciGirls. She has everyone's attention during her speech until she loses her balance and falls over. The lesson: Always make a prototype first!
- Regina, Schuyler and Anayia hit the streets of Denver to investigate what makes a good urban bird habitat, and transform a city school garden into a welcoming home for any flock of feathered friends.