3-2-1 Contact

Seasons

1980

USA

8.2

TV-Y7

A children's show explains various principles of science and their applications.

Episode List

Noisy/Quiet: Production and Processing of Sound

S1 • E1

Noisy/Quiet: Production and Processing of Sound

Four-minute film showing the recording of the 3-2-1 Contact theme. ANIMATIONS: Telephones; human voice. THE BLOODHOUND GANG: "The Case of the Educated Pig,"

S1 • E2

Noisy/Quiet: The Ear

Loud noises damaging people's hearing. Lisa visits the (White Plains) New York School for the Deaf. ANIMATION: Sound vibrations. THE BLOODHOUND GANG: "The Case of Princess Tomorrow, Part One."

S1 • E4

Noisy/Quiet: Music

Dizzy Gillespie shows off his jazz talents. Trini checks out the behind-the-scenes work at a Kiss concert. The Bloodhound Gang cracks the Case of Princess Tomorrow.

S1 • E11

Growth/Decay: Sex and Seeds

S1 • E12

Growth/Decay: Human Growth

S1 • E16

Fast/Slow: Speed Up, Slow Down

S1 • E19

Fast/Slow: Speed and Racing

S1 • E21

Communication: Human Communication

Trini gets stranded in the desert as she runs out of gas. Marc visits Roy Lee Jackson and the New York Mets baseball team and learns about using communication between the pitcher and catcher. Lisa visits a school for the deaf and learns how to communicate by sign language. In addition, there is a song on how many ways to say "I Love You."

Communication: Machinery of Communication

S1 • E23

Communication: Machinery of Communication

Trini is still stranded in the desert until rescued by the Goodyear Blimp, Mark visits Bell Labs and sees how a talking computer works and how our voices work, Lisa shows how a TV program is made and sent to an old cathode ray tube TV (with the help of a song).

S1 • E24

Communication: With Other Species

Trini visits University of Tennessee where a scientist teaches orangutan how to communicate in sign language. Mimes in action doing some movements. In addition, some artifacts that will be sent to the Voyager I satellite into outer space as far as the planet Saturn. Also, The Bloodhound Gang in "The Case of the Dead Man's Pigeon." Lastly, highlights of Trini stranded in the desert.