SciGirls on PBS Kids (Giveaway)
March 18, 2010 by Kailani
Filed under children, educational, entertainment, giveaways
This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to commentor #30: deb!
Finally a show that exposes young girls to non-traditional female roles such as scientists, mathematicians, and engineers. SciGirls debuted on PBS Kids in February 2010 targeting ‘tween girls and showcases bright, curious real middle school-aged girls putting science and engineering to work, as they answer real-life questions and make unexpected discoveries in the world around them.
They’re joined by two animated characters – a plucky SciGirl named Izzie and her best friend Jake, who tie the series together with their ongoing adventures.
SciGirls, which is funded by the National Science Foundation with additional support from ExxonMobil, integrates TV and the Web like never before. Each TV episode begins on the site’s homepage, where Izzie goes when she finds herself in jams that only science can fix. She surfs to the site, jumps into a video of real-life SciGirls, and follows their story, learning and exploring every step of the way. Izzie also invites viewers to hang out on the website, a totally safe social network where girls can create personal pages, design their own avatars, upload cool projects, and make friends. It’s all about tweens and screens in today’s multi-tasking world – the TV, the laptop, the phone and the iPod, and SciGirls is on them all!
We had the opportunity to check out the SciGirls website and found some really cool information on there. We especially liked all the project ideas they had. Each one included what the team did, why they did it, the project results, what they’d do different the next time, as well as the materials needed and the steps they followed.
Thanks to PBS Kids every girl can be a SciGirl!
WIN IT!
I have a SciGirls swag bag to give away to one lucky winner! This bag includes a SciGirls button, bracelet, magnet picture frame, pencil and plastic egg with a fun at-home experiment! To enter:
- Just stop by SciGirls before midnight, March 25th and check out their projects.
- Then come back and mention which one you find most interesting. That’s it!
- A random winner will be selected and notified via email shortly thereafter.
- The winner will then have 2 days to claim their prize.
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This giveaway is open to US addresses. Good luck!
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Magic ooze is the one I like I remember learning about this when I was in science class as a kid.
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the recycling project since it’s something we all can do every day
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