SciGirls

SciGirls
SciGirls logo
Genre
Created byTwin Cities PBS
Written byKerri Grant
Starring
Voices of
  • Lara Jill Miller
  • Greg Cipes
Theme music composerEggplant: Steve D'Angelo, Terry Tompkins, Jeff Morrow
Country of originUnited States
Original languagesEnglish and Spanish
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes46 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producerRita K. Karl
Producers
  • Angie Prindle
  • Marie Domingo
Animators
  • Soup2Nuts (seasons 1–3)
  • Duple Media (seasons 4, 6)
  • Curious Media (season 5)
  • Primal Screen (season 7)
Running time28 minutes
Production companyTPT Productions
Original release
Network
ReleaseFebruary 11, 2010 (2010-02-11) –
June 23, 2023 (2023-06-23)
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SciGirls is an American live-action/animated children's television series that premiered on February 11, 2010 on PBS Kids Go! It was produced by Twin Cities PBS and builds on the "real kids doing real science" approach of DragonflyTV.

It is an educational outreach program for elementary school children based on proven best practices for: science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education for girls. It was launched in February 2010 and produced by Twin Cities Public Television, the episodes are broadcast on most PBS stations and the project's website, SciGirls,[1] is designed to encourage girls to pursue STEM careers, in response to the low numbers of women in many scientific careers.[2][3] A sixth season themed around NASA been confirmed and completed, and it premiered on February 3, 2023.[4] The seventh and final season premiered three months later on May 26, 2023.[5]

  1. ^ "PBS SciGirls—Science Fun for Tween Girls". SciGirls.
  2. ^ Parents, PBS KIDS for (May 18, 2021). "About SciGirls | PBS KIDS Shows". PBS KIDS for Parents.
  3. ^ "TPT National Productions Wins Daytime Emmy For PBS Series "SciGirls"" (PDF). tpt.org. June 20, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011.
  4. ^ SciGirls [@SciGirls] (April 5, 2022). "🎥 🎬 That's a wrap on season 6⭐🔭 We've been having a blast stargazing, designing NASA mission patches, & learning about deep space! Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen! @NASA @NASAJPL @BellMuseum @belwin_org @MIWRC_MN @WASH_MN @the_zooniverse @amragallery" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Season 7 of SciGirls Premieres May 26". May 22, 2023.