3-2-1 Contact
NR
8.2
1980
3-2-1 Contact is an American science educational television show that aired on PBS from 1980 to 1988, and an adjoining children's magazine. The show, a production of the Children's Television Workshop, teaches scientific principles and their applications. Dr. Edward G. Atkins, who was responsible for much of the scientific content of the show, felt that the TV program wouldn't replace a classroom but would open the viewers to ask questions about the scientific purpose of things.
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Episode 20 : Stuff: Using It
October. 18,1985
Schoolchildren design egg containers that prevent the egg from breaking when dropped. Miguel sees a plane that is lighter than its pilot go for a speed record. The Bloodhound Gang makes fast work in battling ""The Case of the Funny Money.""
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Episode 19 : Stuff: Feathers and Rubber
October. 17,1985
In ""Part 1,"" a makeup man gets Miguel in his chair to make a monster mask. For ""Part 2,"" Kathy goes on a mission with a ""feather detective"" to see what bird made a serious impact with an Air Force jet. The Bloodhound Gang enters a greenhouse to start ""The Case of the Funny Money."" (Concludes in next episode.)
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Episode 18 : Stuff: Shaping It
October. 16,1985
Heat It, Beat It is the music video that sums up this episode. We see the bending of glass and (in a scene recycled from ""Tropics"" week) the making of a Malaysian dagger. The Bloodhound Gang cracks ""The Case of the Dark Night.""
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Episode 17 : Stuff: Clay
October. 15,1985
Paco gets the low-down on making a coffee cup out of clay. Kathy discovers how clay is used to make toilets. The Bloodhound Gang is called to investigate mass car theft in Part One of ""The Case of the Dark Night.""
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Episode 16 : Stuff: Metals
October. 14,1985
Robin, Miguel, and Kathy observe different facets of the Statue of Liberty's restoration.
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Episode 15 : Farms: Chickens and Pigs ￃﾢ￢ﾂﾬ￢ﾀﾜ Animal Production
October. 11,1985
Kathy talks with none other than Frank Perdue about his high-yield poultry farm. The Bloodhound Gang unmasks ""The Case of Mr. Quickfingers.""
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Episode 14 : Farms: Cows and Pigs ￃﾢ￢ﾂﾬ￢ﾀﾜ Animal Products
October. 10,1985
Much of this show is set in a modern dairy. Cows give milk, and that milk is turned into other foods. The Bloodhound Gang investigates a well-disguised pickpocket in Part One of ""The Case of Mr. Quickfingers."" (Concludes in next episode.)
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Episode 13 : Farms: Hybrids
October. 09,1985
A mutt is a hybrid, as Paco and Miguel discover. Much of this show is set in the Animal Emergency Room at a veterinarian hospital. But there is time to show another hybrid, this one from cattle.
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Episode 12 : Farms: Plants and Pigs – Plant Production
October. 08,1985
Mass population puts heavy demands on growing and producing plans. This program looks at some advances in agriculture.
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Episode 11 : Farms: Sheep and Pigs ￃﾢ￢ﾂﾬ￢ﾀﾜ Selective Breeding
October. 07,1985
MMiguel and Robin spend most of the day watchiing and learning from a sheep shearer. Paco and Mary anchor ""Pig News,"" a gimmick that will run throughout the week.
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Episode 10 : Light: Bending and Bouncing
October. 04,1985
Diego and Robin start the day on a ship off the California coast, observing the individual patterns of a lighthouse's beam. They find out how lenses concentrate the rays of light emanating from a lighthouse or a buoy. Robin illustrates the convex lens at the Exploratorium. Also at the Exploratorium, Miguel bounces light with a curved mirror. He goes to the University of Arizona to see the grinding of a glass lens for the telescope at nearby Kitt Peak.MUSIC VIDEO: Light energy from the sun.
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Episode 9 : Light: How Animals See
October. 03,1985
Mary gets her eyes examined. Technically, it's the second straight show on the eye, but not just the human eye. Visual effects simulate the world as other animals see it.
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Episode 8 : Light: Eyes
October. 02,1985
Darlene Librero dissects a cow's eye before a class of intermediate-schoolers. Later we get to hear about Librero's scientific background. The Bloodhound Gang unmasks ""The Case of the Missing Memory.""
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Episode 6 : Light: From the Sun; To Your Eyes
September. 30,1985
Light is observed through lenses such a telescope and the eye. The Bloodhound Gang is confronted with ""The Case of the Missing Memory.""
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Episode 5 : Tropics: Endangered Animals
September. 27,1985
Miguel takes a day-long observation of an orangutan rehabilitation center in Malaysia.
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Episode 4 : Tropics: Working Animals ￃﾢ￢ﾂﾬ￢ﾀﾜ Monkeys and Elephants
September. 26,1985
Miguel learns firsthand how elephants and monkeys can help humans in their tasks. Paco gives a little monologue on domestication.
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Episode 3 : Tropics: Rice
September. 25,1985
Miguel sees Malaysian rice, from planting to harvesting.
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Episode 2 : Tropics: Metals
September. 24,1985
People use the word ""tin"" without really understanding it. Miguel goes to various sites in Malaysia see tin being extracted and used.
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Episode 1 : Tropics: Rubber
September. 23,1985
Paco introduces the tropics and points out that Miguel is in Malaysia. Miguel and Anitha see how rubber is tapped from trees and processed.
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