1. Noisy/Quiet: Production and Processing of Sound
Aired: Jan 13, 1980Four-minute film showing the recording of the 3-2-1 Contact theme. ANIMATIONS...
Marc learns about the growth of corn and pigs at the Bakers Akers farm. Trini sits in on an expectant mother's ultrasound. At the Bronx Zoo, Lisa goes on the rounds with a young veterinarian feeding baby animals.Film inserts: Time-lapse growth of peanut plant and pea plant; kids explain th...
1. Noisy/Quiet: Production and Processing of Sound
Aired: Jan 13, 1980Four-minute film showing the recording of the 3-2-1 Contact theme. ANIMATIONS...
Loud noises damaging people's hearing. Lisa visits the (White Plains) New Yor...
Dizzy Gillespie shows off his jazz talents. Trini checks out the behind-the-s...
11. Growth/Decay: Sex and Seeds
Aired: Mar 9, 1980Marc learns about the growth of corn and pigs at the Bakers Akers farm. Trin...
12. Growth/Decay: Human Growth
Aired: Mar 10, 1980Lisa arrives at a hospital to see treatment for a premature baby. Trini and ...
16. Fast/Slow: Speed Up, Slow Down
Aired: Jan 27, 1980Trini and Lisa stage a surprise birthday party for Marc. It revolves around ...
19. Fast/Slow: Speed and Racing
Aired: Feb 6, 1980Marc and Lisa give Trini a psychological boost prior to Field Day. Lisa chec...
21. Communication: Human Communication
Aired: Mar 16, 1980Trini gets stranded in the desert as she runs out of gas. Marc visits Roy Lee...
23. Communication: Machinery of Communication
Aired: Mar 18, 1980Trini is still stranded in the desert until rescued by the Goodyear Blimp, Ma...
24. Communication: With Other Species
Aired: Mar 19, 1980Trini visits University of Tennessee where a scientist teaches orangutan how ...
Trini decides to bring a pet to the workshop, but she didn't count on a frien...
Marc illustrates the truth about calories while baking a pizza. A group of s...
28. Food/Fuel: Growing and Processing Food
Aired: Feb 5, 1980Lisa, Marc, and Trini have been invited to a canoe trek in Maine. They have ...
29. Food/Fuel: Fueling Machines
Aired: Feb 6, 1980True fuel is discussed in this episode, first with the 1980 phenomenon ""gaso...
30. Food/Fuel: The Sun Makes Everything Go
Aired: Feb 7, 1980RECYCLED FROM THE PREVIOUS FOUR EPISODES: Gasohol, Baker's Akers, baking brea...
31. Hot/Cold: People's Temperatures
Aired: Jan 20, 1980Trini has been standing in the freezing cold, threatening to become almost as...
32. Hot/Cold: Animal and Plant Adaptations
Aired: Jan 21, 1980The desert and polar regions demonstrate how plants and animals react to extr...
Lisa is bitter over her cold. As Marc and Trini try to warm her spirits, Lisa...
Everyone celebrates Trini's birthday with a piñata. Marc visits a visually-i...
This program goes to Houston to observe the space shuttle. The Bloodhound Ga...
49. Order/Disorder: Disordered
Aired: Apr 2, 1980Marc, Lisa, and Trini become helter-skelter at the beginning, but they calm d...
54. Surfaces: Surface of the Earth
Aired: Apr 9, 1980A geologist appears in the workshop for a discussion on the three types of Ea...
55. Forces: A Spectacle of Forces
Aired: Apr 10, 198061. Crowded/Uncrowded: Human Crowding
Aired: Feb 10, 1980The workshop welcomes a guest to discuss the human psyche of crowding.Film in...
Seasons: 7
Current Status: Ended
Network: PBS
Production Country: United States
Genres:Family