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...
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...
Aired: Jan 14, 1980Loud noises damaging people's hearing. Lisa visits the (White Plains) New Yor...
Aired: Jan 16, 1980Dizzy 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 ...
Aired: Feb 3, 1980Trini decides to bring a pet to the workshop, but she didn't count on a frien...
Aired: Feb 4, 1980Marc 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...
Aired: Jan 23, 1980Lisa is bitter over her cold. As Marc and Trini try to warm her spirits, Lisa...
Aired: Feb 20, 1980Everyone celebrates Trini's birthday with a piñata. Marc visits a visually-i...
Aired: Mar 5, 1980This 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
