3-2-1 Contact - Season 1

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Title:3-2-1 Contact - Season 1
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Air Date: 1980-01-14
Season Number: 1
Total Episodes: 64
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Overview
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.
Seasons List
  • Season 1 (64 episode) - January 14, 1980
  • Season 2 (39 episode) - October 31, 1983
  • Season 3 (20 episode) - October 22, 1984
  • Season 4 (20 episode) - September 23, 1985
  • Season 5 (20 episode) - September 22, 1986
  • Season 6 (30 episode) - October 12, 1987
  • Season 7 (30 episode) - October 10, 1988

Episodes List

Noisy/Quiet: Production & Processing of Sound

Episode 1 : Noisy/Quiet: Production & Processing of Sound

A sixty-second tease introduces the cast and...
January 14, 1980
Noisy/Quiet: The Ear

Episode 2 : Noisy/Quiet: The Ear

Same 60-second tease as in first episode precedes...
January 15, 1980
Noisy/Quiet: How People & Animals Use Sound

Episode 3 : Noisy/Quiet: How People & Animals Use Sound

Lisa goes to Hawaii to see how dolphins use...
January 16, 1980
Noisy/Quiet: Music

Episode 4 : Noisy/Quiet: Music

Dizzy Gillespie shows off his jazz talents. ...
January 17, 1980
Noisy/Quiet: Range of Vibration

Episode 5 : Noisy/Quiet: Range of Vibration

Lisa, Marc, and Trini are given a puzzle. They...
January 18, 1980
Forces and Motion

Episode 6 : Forces and Motion

Trini becomes concerned when and where a...
March 24, 1980
Forces and Fields

Episode 7 : Forces and Fields

Hurricane Rufus is turning inland, heading toward...
March 25, 1980
Forces: Buoyancy and Gravity

Episode 8 : Forces: Buoyancy and Gravity

Hurricane Rufus is now abutting the workshop. ...
March 26, 1980
Forces and Machines

Episode 9 : Forces and Machines

Hurricane Rufus strikes the workshop. Calmer...
March 27, 1980
Forces: A Spectacle of Forces

Episode 10 : Forces: A Spectacle of Forces

REHASHED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Roller...
March 28, 1980
Growth/Decay: Sex and Seeds

Episode 11 : Growth/Decay: Sex and Seeds

Marc learns about the growth of corn and pigs at...
March 10, 1980
Growth/Decay: Human Growth

Episode 12 : Growth/Decay: Human Growth

Lisa arrives at a hospital to see treatment for a...
March 11, 1980
Growth/Decay: Decay

Episode 13 : Growth/Decay: Decay

Lisa ventures into a sewage treatment plant in...
March 12, 1980
Growth/Decay: Human Cultures/Land Forms

Episode 14 : Growth/Decay: Human Cultures/Land Forms

Lisa sees a volcano that is almost ready to...
March 13, 1980
Growth/Decay: Cycles Upon Cycles

Episode 15 : Growth/Decay: Cycles Upon Cycles

REHASHED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Lisa...
March 14, 1980
Fast/Slow: Speed Up, Slow Down

Episode 16 : Fast/Slow: Speed Up, Slow Down

Trini and Lisa stage a surprise birthday party...
January 28, 1980
Fast/Slow: Rhythms of Nature

Episode 17 : Fast/Slow: Rhythms of Nature

Lisa gets some instructions on rhythms from a...
January 29, 1980
Fast/Slow: Lifetimes

Episode 18 : Fast/Slow: Lifetimes

Recycled from Episode 12: Lisa arrives at a...
January 30, 1980
Fast/Slow: Speed and Racing

Episode 19 : Fast/Slow: Speed and Racing

Marc and Lisa give Trini a psychological boost...
February 07, 1980
Fast/Slow: Time and Time Again

Episode 20 : Fast/Slow: Time and Time Again

REHASHED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Lisa...
February 01, 1980
Communication: Human Communication

Episode 21 : Communication: Human Communication

Marc and Lisa discover too late that Trini is...
March 17, 1980
Communication: Animal Communication

Episode 22 : Communication: Animal Communication

Trini is still lost in the desert, despite...
March 18, 1980
Communication: Machinery of Communication

Episode 23 : Communication: Machinery of Communication

After two days and contact, Marc sends out the...
March 19, 1980
Communication with Other Species

Episode 24 : Communication with Other Species

Trini returns from the desert. She gets in her...
March 20, 1980
Communication: Feedback

Episode 25 : Communication: Feedback

Trini recounts her attempts to send distress...
March 21, 1980
Food/Fuel: Animal Food

Episode 26 : Food/Fuel: Animal Food

Trini decides to bring a pet to the workshop, but...
February 04, 1980
Food/Fuel: Human Food

Episode 27 : Food/Fuel: Human Food

Marc illustrates the truth about calories while...
February 05, 1980
Food/Fuel: Growing and Processing Food

Episode 28 : Food/Fuel: Growing and Processing Food

Lisa, Marc, and Trini have been invited to a...
February 06, 1980
Food/Fuel: Fueling Machines

Episode 29 : Food/Fuel: Fueling Machines

True fuel is discussed in this episode, first...
February 07, 1980
Food/Fuel: The Sun Makes Everything Go

Episode 30 : Food/Fuel: The Sun Makes Everything Go

RECYCLED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES:...
February 08, 1980
Hot/Cold: People's Temperatures

Episode 31 : Hot/Cold: People's Temperatures

Trini has been standing in the freezing cold,...
January 21, 1980
Hot/Cold: Animal and Plant Adaptations

Episode 32 : Hot/Cold: Animal and Plant Adaptations

The desert and polar regions demonstrate how...
January 22, 1980
Hot/Cold: How Hot or Cold Can It Get?

Episode 33 : Hot/Cold: How Hot or Cold Can It Get?

Marc and Trini relate temperature to each other...
January 23, 1980
Hot/Cold: Heat and Work

Episode 34 : Hot/Cold: Heat and Work

Lisa is bitter over her cold. As Marc and Trini...
January 24, 1980
Hot/Cold: Temperatures on Earth/In Space

Episode 35 : Hot/Cold: Temperatures on Earth/In Space

A solar astronomer explains how the sun produces...
January 25, 1980
Light/Dark: The Sun

Episode 36 : Light/Dark: The Sun

Marc wants to set up a model solar system. To...
February 18, 1980
Light/Dark: Electromagnetic Spectrum

Episode 38 : Light/Dark: Electromagnetic Spectrum

Trini follows the crew that sets up the lighting...
February 20, 1980
Light/Dark: The Eye

Episode 39 : Light/Dark: The Eye

Everyone celebrates Trini's birthday with a...
February 21, 1980
Light/Dark: Light Sources

Episode 40 : Light/Dark: Light Sources

Marc proposes to burn a hole through a piece of...
February 22, 1980
Near/Far: Seeing Isn't Always Believing

Episode 41 : Near/Far: Seeing Isn't Always Believing

Lisa and Trini enter an Eames Room to play tricks...
March 03, 1980
Near/Far: Mapping and Navigating Near Home

Episode 42 : Near/Far: Mapping and Navigating Near Home

Marc visits a researcher determining how bees...
March 04, 1980
Near/Far: Mapping and Navigating Over Earth

Episode 43 : Near/Far: Mapping and Navigating Over Earth

For the bulk of the show, a guest at the workshop...
March 05, 1980
Near/Far: Space Travel

Episode 44 : Near/Far: Space Travel

This program goes to Houston to observe the space...
March 06, 1980
Near/Far: Knowing Where You Are

Episode 45 : Near/Far: Knowing Where You Are

RECYCLED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Marc...
March 07, 1980
Order/Disorder: Regular Patterns

Episode 46 : Order/Disorder: Regular Patterns

Lisa is looking for a quilt design, which she...
March 31, 1980
Order/Disorder: The Body – An Ordered System

Episode 47 : Order/Disorder: The Body – An Ordered System

A student of neuropharmacology visits the...
April 01, 1980
Order/Disorder: Social Order

Episode 48 : Order/Disorder: Social Order

Animals keep a semblance of order, whether they...
April 02, 1980
Order/Disorder: Disordered

Episode 49 : Order/Disorder: Disordered

Marc, Lisa, and Trini become helter-skelter at...
April 03, 1980
Order/Disorder: Sum of Its Parts

Episode 50 : Order/Disorder: Sum of Its Parts

A composer visits the workshop to discuss writing...
April 04, 1980
Surfaces: Protection

Episode 51 : Surfaces: Protection

Clothes are humans' number-one source of...
April 07, 1980
Surfaces: Shapes and Functions at the Surface

Episode 52 : Surfaces: Shapes and Functions at the Surface

Field locations include cacti in the Arizona...
April 08, 1980
Surfaces: Surface Tension and Bubbles

Episode 53 : Surfaces: Surface Tension and Bubbles

Lisa rides a hot-air balloon and gets tips from a...
April 09, 1980
Surfaces: Surface of the Earth

Episode 54 : Surfaces: Surface of the Earth

A geologist appears in the workshop for a...
April 10, 1980
Big/Small: Animal Sizes/Scaling

Episode 56 : Big/Small: Animal Sizes/Scaling

At the Bronx Zoo, Lisa goes on the rounds with a...
February 25, 1980
Big/Small: Animal Habitats

Episode 57 : Big/Small: Animal Habitats

Everyone is perplexed when they find bugs living...
February 26, 1980
Big/Small: Dinoaurs

Episode 58 : Big/Small: Dinoaurs

Trini is convinced she has discovered a dinosaur...
February 27, 1980
Big/Small: Volume & Efficiency

Episode 59 : Big/Small: Volume & Efficiency

At an aquarium, Lisa and Trini learn about...
February 28, 1980
Big/Small: How Big is Big?

Episode 60 : Big/Small: How Big is Big?

REHASHED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Trini...
February 29, 1980
Crowded/Uncrowded: Human Crowding

Episode 61 : Crowded/Uncrowded: Human Crowding

The workshop welcomes a guest to discuss the...
February 11, 1980
Crowded/Uncrowded: Optimum Populations in Nature

Episode 62 : Crowded/Uncrowded: Optimum Populations in Nature

A wildlife expert visits the workshop to extoll...
February 12, 1980
Crowded/Uncrowded: Contrasts in Densities of Materials

Episode 63 : Crowded/Uncrowded: Contrasts in Densities of Materials

Trini pilots around New York City in the Goodyear...
February 13, 1980
Crowded/Uncrowded: Down Among the Atoms (Liquids & Solids)

Episode 64 : Crowded/Uncrowded: Down Among the Atoms (Liquids & Solids)

Marc adds too much food coloring to the frosting...
February 14, 1980
Crowded/Uncrowded: Human Survival/Controlling Densities

Episode 65 : Crowded/Uncrowded: Human Survival/Controlling Densities

REHASHED FROM PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Lisa rides...
February 15, 1980