3-2-1 Contact is a Science (educational) TV Show aired on PBS from 1980-88. Produced by the Children's Television Workshop,it taught scientific principles and their applications. Dr.Edward G.Atkins the main adviser felt the show would raise the interest of students in science and cause them to pursue greater knowledge of the subjects discussed.

Episode Guide | Episode List | Schedule

Season 1

1x01

Jan. 14, 1980

Noisy/Quiet: Production & Processing of Sound

1x02

Jan. 15, 1980

Noisy/Quiet: The Ear

1x03

Jan. 16, 1980

Noisy/Quiet: How People & Animals Use Sound

1x04

Jan. 17, 1980

Noisy/Quiet: Music

1x05

Jan. 18, 1980

Noisy/Quiet: Range of Vibration

1x06

Mar. 24, 1980

Forces and Motion

1x07

Mar. 25, 1980

Forces and Fields

1x08

Mar. 26, 1980

Forces: Buoyancy and Gravity

1x09

Mar. 27, 1980

Forces and Machines

1x10

Mar. 28, 1980

Forces: A Spectacle of Forces

1x11

Mar. 10, 1980

Growth/Decay: Sex and Seeds

1x12

Mar. 11, 1980

Growth/Decay: Human Growth

1x13

Mar. 12, 1980

Growth/Decay: Decay

1x14

Mar. 13, 1980

Growth/Decay: Human Cultures/Land Forms

1x15

Mar. 14, 1980

Growth/Decay: Cycles Upon Cycles

1x16

Jan. 28, 1980

Fast/Slow: Speed Up, Slow Down

1x17

Jan. 29, 1980

Fast/Slow: Rhythms of Nature

1x18

Jan. 30, 1980

Fast/Slow: Lifetimes

1x19

Feb. 07, 1980

Fast/Slow: Speed and Racing

1x20

Feb. 01, 1980

Fast/Slow: Time and Time Again

1x21

Mar. 17, 1980

Communication: Human Communication

1x22

Mar. 18, 1980

Communication: Animal Communication

1x23

Mar. 19, 1980

Communication: Machinery of Communication

1x24

Mar. 20, 1980

Communication with Other Species

1x25

Mar. 21, 1980

Communication: Feedback

1x26

Feb. 04, 1980

Food/Fuel: Animal Food

1x27

Feb. 05, 1980

Food/Fuel: Human Food

1x28

Feb. 06, 1980

Food/Fuel: Growing and Processing Food

1x29

Feb. 07, 1980

Food/Fuel: Fueling Machines

1x30

Feb. 08, 1980

Food/Fuel: The Sun Makes Everything Go

1x31

Jan. 21, 1980

Hot/Cold: People's Temperatures

1x32

Jan. 22, 1980

Hot/Cold: Animal and Plant Adaptations

1x33

Jan. 23, 1980

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

1x34

Jan. 24, 1980

Hot/Cold: Heat and Work

1x35

Jan. 25, 1980

Hot/Cold: Temperatures on Earth/In Space

1x36

Feb. 18, 1980

Light/Dark: The Sun

1x37

Feb. 19, 1980

Light/Dark: Adaptation of Plants/Animals

1x38

Feb. 20, 1980

Light/Dark: Electromagnetic Spectrum

1x39

Feb. 21, 1980

Light/Dark: The Eye

1x40

Feb. 22, 1980

Light/Dark: Light Sources

1x41

Mar. 03, 1980

Near/Far: Seeing Isn't Always Believing

1x42

Mar. 04, 1980

Near/Far: Mapping and Navigating Near Home

1x43

Mar. 05, 1980

Near/Far: Mapping and Navigating Over Earth

1x44

Mar. 06, 1980

Near/Far: Space Travel

1x45

Mar. 07, 1980

Near/Far: Knowing Where You Are

1x46

Mar. 31, 1980

Order/Disorder: Regular Patterns

1x47

Apr. 01, 1980

Order/Disorder: The Body – An Ordered System

1x48

Apr. 02, 1980

Order/Disorder: Social Order

1x49

Apr. 03, 1980

Order/Disorder: Disordered

1x50

Apr. 04, 1980

Order/Disorder: Sum of Its Parts

1x51

Apr. 07, 1980

Surfaces: Protection

1x52

Apr. 08, 1980

Surfaces: Shapes and Functions at the Surface

1x53

Apr. 09, 1980

Surfaces: Surface Tension and Bubbles

1x54

Apr. 10, 1980

Surfaces: Surface of the Earth

1x55

Apr. 11, 1980

Surfaces: The Atmosphere—Skin of the Earth

1x56

Feb. 25, 1980

Big/Small: Animal Sizes/Scaling

1x57

Feb. 26, 1980

Big/Small: Animal Habitats

1x58

Feb. 27, 1980

Big/Small: Dinoaurs

1x59

Feb. 28, 1980

Big/Small: Volume & Efficiency

1x60

Feb. 29, 1980

Big/Small: How Big is Big?

1x61

Feb. 11, 1980

Crowded/Uncrowded: Human Crowding

1x62

Feb. 12, 1980

Crowded/Uncrowded: Optimum Populations in Nature

1x63

Feb. 13, 1980

Crowded/Uncrowded: Contrasts in Densities of Materials

1x64

Feb. 14, 1980

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

1x65

Feb. 15, 1980

Crowded/Uncrowded: Human Survival/Controlling Densities

Season 2

2x01

Oct. 31, 1983

Survival: Breathing

2x02

Nov. 01, 1983

Survival: Temperature

2x03

Nov. 02, 1983

Survival: Protection

2x04

Nov. 03, 1983

Survival: Energy

2x05

Nov. 04, 1983

Survival: Teamwork

2x06

Oct. 24, 1983

Sports: Training Analysis

2x07

Oct. 25, 1983

Sports: Time, Rate, Measurement

2x08

Oct. 26, 1983

Sports: Energy Transfer

2x09

Oct. 27, 1983

Sports: Impact Analysis

2x10

Oct. 28, 1983

Sports: Coordination

2x11

Oct. 17, 1983

Flight: Flying Animals

2x12

Oct. 18, 1983

Flight: Air Resistance

2x13

Oct. 19, 1983

Flight: Lift

2x14

Oct. 20, 1983

Flight: Thrust

2x15

Oct. 21, 1983

Flight: Acceleration

2x16

Nov. 07, 1983

Babies: The Code of Life

2x17

Nov. 08, 1983

Babies: Growth and Development

2x18

Nov. 09, 1983

Babies: Behavior

2x19

Nov. 10, 1983

Babies: Colonization

2x20

Nov. 11, 1983

Babies: Change

2x21

Dec. 05, 1983

Senses: Taste and Smell

2x22

Dec. 06, 1983

Senses: Sight

2x23

Dec. 07, 1983

Senses: Hearing

2x24

Dec. 08, 1983

Senses: Touch

2x25

Dec. 09, 1983

Senses: Special Sensors

2x26

Nov. 21, 1983

Shapes in Nature

2x27

Nov. 22, 1983

Shapes and Gravity

2x28

Nov. 23, 1983

Shapes: Streamlining

2x29

Nov. 24, 1983

Shapes: Form and Function

2x30

Nov. 25, 1983

Shapes: Clues

2x31

Nov. 28, 1983

Water: 3 Phases – Gas, Liquid, Solid

2x32

Nov. 29, 1983

Water: Medium for Life

2x33

Nov. 30, 1983

Water and People

2x34

Dec. 01, 1983

Water: Distribution

2x35

Dec. 02, 1983

Water in the Body

2x36

Nov. 14, 1983

Building: Materials

2x37

Nov. 15, 1983

Building: One of a Kind

2x38

Nov. 16, 1983

Building: Standard Parts

2x39

Nov. 17, 1983

Building: Modular

2x40

Nov. 18, 1983

Building: Communication

Season 3

3x01

Oct. 22, 1984

Space: Weightless

3x02

Oct. 23, 1984

Space: Getting There

3x03

Oct. 24, 1984

Space: Living There

3x04

Oct. 25, 1984

Space: Working There

3x05

Oct. 26, 1984

Space: Anybody Out There?

3x06

Oct. 29, 1984

Measurement: How Long? How Far?

3x07

Oct. 30, 1984

Measurement: What's the Area? What's the Volume?

3x08

Oct. 31, 1984

Measurement: How Heavy? How Dense?

3x09

Nov. 01, 1984

Measurement: How Many? How Much?

3x10

Nov. 02, 1984

Measurement: How Fast? How Slow?

3x11

Nov. 05, 1984

Earth is Change

3x12

Nov. 06, 1984

Earth: Maps

3x13

Nov. 07, 1984

Earth: Climate

3x14

Nov. 08, 1984

Earth: Flora and Fauna

3x15

Nov. 09, 1984

Earth: Building Models

3x16

Nov. 12, 1984

Electricity: What is It?

3x17

Nov. 13, 1984

Electricity and Magnetism

3x18

Nov. 14, 1984

Electricity: Where Do We Get It?

3x19

Nov. 15, 1984

Electricity Runs in a Circuit

3x20

Nov. 16, 1984

Electricity: You Are Electric

Season 4

4x01

Sep. 23, 1985

Tropics: Rubber

4x02

Sep. 24, 1985

Tropics: Metals

4x03

Sep. 25, 1985

Tropics: Rice

4x04

Sep. 26, 1985

Tropics: Working Animals – Monkeys and Elephants

4x05

Sep. 27, 1985

Tropics: Endangered Animals

4x06

Sep. 30, 1985

Light: From the Sun; To Your Eyes

4x07

Oct. 01, 1985

Light: Color

4x08

Oct. 02, 1985

Light: Eyes

4x09

Oct. 03, 1985

Light: How Animals See

4x10

Oct. 04, 1985

Light: Bending and Bouncing

4x11

Oct. 07, 1985

Farms: Sheep and Pigs – Selective Breeding

4x12

Oct. 08, 1985

Farms: Plants and Pigs – Plant Production

4x13

Oct. 09, 1985

Farms: Hybrids

4x14

Oct. 10, 1985

Farms: Cows and Pigs – Animal Products

4x15

Oct. 11, 1985

Farms: Chickens and Pigs – Animal Production

4x16

Oct. 14, 1985

Stuff: Metals

4x17

Oct. 15, 1985

Stuff: Clay

4x18

Oct. 16, 1985

Stuff: Shaping It

4x19

Oct. 17, 1985

Stuff: Feathers and Rubber

4x20

Oct. 18, 1985

Stuff: Using It

Season 5

5x01

Sep. 22, 1986

Signals: Lingo

5x02

Sep. 23, 1986

Signals: Talking Birds, Talking Rooms

5x03

Sep. 24, 1986

Signals: Looking for Visual Clues

5x04

Sep. 25, 1986

Signals: Getting Them Around

5x05

Sep. 26, 1986

Signals: Cracking Codes

5x06

Sep. 29, 1986

Oceans: On the Sea

5x07

Sep. 30, 1986

Oceans: In the Sea

5x08

Oct. 01, 1986

Oceans: From the Sea

5x09

Oct. 02, 1986

Oceans: By the Sea

5x10

Oct. 03, 1986

Oceans: Of the Sea

5x11

Oct. 06, 1986

Motion: What's Up?

5x12

Oct. 07, 1986

Motion: Bones

5x13

Oct. 08, 1986

Motion: Smashing

5x14

Oct. 09, 1986

Motion: Getting a Grip

5x15

Oct. 10, 1986

Motion: Heave Ho!

5x16

Oct. 13, 1986

Eating: Tooth Detectives

5x17

Oct. 14, 1986

Eating: Picky Eaters

5x18

Oct. 15, 1986

Eating: Zoo Food

5x19

Oct. 16, 1986

Eating: Down the Hatch

5x20

Oct. 17, 1986

Eating: Leftovers

Season 6

6x01

Oct. 12, 1987

Japan: Precious Oysters, Rare Salamanders

6x02

Oct. 13, 1987

Japan: Landslide!

6x03

Oct. 14, 1987

Japan: Paper and Kites

6x04

Oct. 15, 1987

Japan: Earthquake!

6x05

Oct. 16, 1987

Japan: Judo and Computers

6x06

Oct. 19, 1987

Detectives: Skin and Bone Detectives

6x07

Oct. 20, 1987

Detectives: Tool and Trash Detectives

6x08

Oct. 21, 1987

Detectives: Wildlife Detectives

6x09

Oct. 22, 1987

Detectives: Dinosaur Detectives

6x10

Oct. 23, 1987

Detectives: Pattern Detectives

6x11

Oct. 26, 1987

Architecture: Raising the Big Top

6x12

Oct. 27, 1987

Architecture: Home

6x13

Oct. 28, 1987

Architecture: Stack It Up

6x14

Oct. 29, 1987

Architecture: Made to Fit

6x15

Oct. 30, 1987

Architecture: Light But Strong

6x16

Nov. 02, 1987

Mammals: Rats and Bats

6x17

Nov. 03, 1987

Mammals: Keeping Warm

6x18

Nov. 04, 1987

Mammals: Live Birth, Warm Milk

6x19

Nov. 05, 1987

Mammals at Play

6x20

Nov. 06, 1987

Big Mammals: The High Cost of Living

6x21

Nov. 09, 1987

Modeling: Things on Wheels

6x22

Nov. 10, 1987

Modeling: Through Ice and Air

6x23

Nov. 11, 1987

Modeling: The Earth

6x24

Nov. 12, 1987

Modeling: Knees and Small Things

6x25

Nov. 13, 1987

Modeling: Spaces

6x26

Nov. 16, 1987

In the Air: Finding Your Way

6x27

Nov. 17, 1987

In the Air: Drifting with the Wind

6x28

Nov. 18, 1987

In the Air: Born to Fly

6x29

Nov. 19, 1987

In the Air: Fat Things That Fly

6x30

Nov. 20, 1987

In the Air: Unbelievable Flying Objects

Season 7

7x01

Oct. 10, 1988

Antarctica: Getting There

7x02

Oct. 11, 1988

Antarctica: Getting Around

7x03

Oct. 12, 1988

Antarctica: Life On The Edge

7x04

Oct. 13, 1988

Antarctica: Life Under The Ice

7x05

Oct. 14, 1988

Antarctica: The Desert Continent

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