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Series
3-2-1 Contact
US
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 & Episodes
E1
Noisy/Quiet: Production & Processing of Sound
1980-01-14
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E2
Noisy/Quiet: The Ear
1980-01-15
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E3
Noisy/Quiet: How People & Animals Use Sound
1980-01-16
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E4
Noisy/Quiet: Music
1980-01-17
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E5
Noisy/Quiet: Range of Vibration
1980-01-18
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E6
Forces and Motion
1980-03-24
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E7
Forces and Fields
1980-03-25
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E8
Forces: Buoyancy and Gravity
1980-03-26
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E9
Forces and Machines
1980-03-27
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E10
Forces: A Spectacle of Forces
1980-03-28
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E11
Growth/Decay: Sex and Seeds
1980-03-10
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E12
Growth/Decay: Human Growth
1980-03-11
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E13
Growth/Decay: Decay
1980-03-12
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E14
Growth/Decay: Human Cultures/Land Forms
1980-03-13
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E15
Growth/Decay: Cycles Upon Cycles
1980-03-14
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E16
Fast/Slow: Speed Up, Slow Down
1980-01-28
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E17
Fast/Slow: Rhythms of Nature
1980-01-29
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E18
Fast/Slow: Lifetimes
1980-01-30
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E19
Fast/Slow: Speed and Racing
1980-02-07
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E20
Fast/Slow: Time and Time Again
1980-02-01
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E21
Communication: Human Communication
1980-03-17
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E22
Communication: Animal Communication
1980-03-18
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E23
Communication: Machinery of Communication
1980-03-19
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E24
Communication with Other Species
1980-03-20
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E25
Communication: Feedback
1980-03-21
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E26
Food/Fuel: Animal Food
1980-02-04
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E27
Food/Fuel: Human Food
1980-02-05
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E28
Food/Fuel: Growing and Processing Food
1980-02-06
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E29
Food/Fuel: Fueling Machines
1980-02-07
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E30
Food/Fuel: The Sun Makes Everything Go
1980-02-08
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E31
Hot/Cold: People's Temperatures
1980-01-21
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E32
Hot/Cold: Animal and Plant Adaptations
1980-01-22
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E33
Hot/Cold: How Hot or Cold Can It Get?
1980-01-23
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E34
Hot/Cold: Heat and Work
1980-01-24
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E35
Hot/Cold: Temperatures on Earth/In Space
1980-01-25
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E36
Light/Dark: The Sun
1980-02-18
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E38
Light/Dark: Electromagnetic Spectrum
1980-02-20
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E39
Light/Dark: The Eye
1980-02-21
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E40
Light/Dark: Light Sources
1980-02-22
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E41
Near/Far: Seeing Isn't Always Believing
1980-03-03
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E42
Near/Far: Mapping and Navigating Near Home
1980-03-04
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E43
Near/Far: Mapping and Navigating Over Earth
1980-03-05
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E44
Near/Far: Space Travel
1980-03-06
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E45
Near/Far: Knowing Where You Are
1980-03-07
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E46
Order/Disorder: Regular Patterns
1980-03-31
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E47
Order/Disorder: The Body – An Ordered System
1980-04-01
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E48
Order/Disorder: Social Order
1980-04-02
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E49
Order/Disorder: Disordered
1980-04-03
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E50
Order/Disorder: Sum of Its Parts
1980-04-04
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E51
Surfaces: Protection
1980-04-07
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E52
Surfaces: Shapes and Functions at the Surface
1980-04-08
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E53
Surfaces: Surface Tension and Bubbles
1980-04-09
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E54
Surfaces: Surface of the Earth
1980-04-10
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E55
Surfaces: The Atmosphere
1980-04-11
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E56
Big/Small: Animal Sizes/Scaling
1980-02-25
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E57
Big/Small: Animal Habitats
1980-02-26
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E58
Big/Small: Dinoaurs
1980-02-27
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E59
Big/Small: Volume & Efficiency
1980-02-28
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E60
Big/Small: How Big is Big?
1980-02-29
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E61
Crowded/Uncrowded: Human Crowding
1980-02-11
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E62
Crowded/Uncrowded: Optimum Populations in Nature
1980-02-12
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E63
Crowded/Uncrowded: Contrasts in Densities of Materials
1980-02-13
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E64
Crowded/Uncrowded: Down Among the Atoms (Liquids & Solids)
1980-02-14
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E65
Crowded/Uncrowded: Human Survival/Controlling Densities
1980-02-15
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E1
Survival: Breathing
1983-10-31
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E2
Survival: Temperature
1983-11-01
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E3
Survival: Protection
1983-11-02
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E4
Survival: Energy
1983-11-03
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E5
Survival: Teamwork
1983-11-04
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E6
Sports: Training Analysis
1983-10-24
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E7
Sports: Time, Rate, Measurement
1983-10-25
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E8
Sports: Energy Transfer
1983-10-26
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E9
Sports: Impact Analysis
1983-10-27
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E10
Sports: Coordination
1983-10-28
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E11
Flight: Flying Animals
1983-10-17
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E12
Flight: Air Resistance
1983-10-18
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E14
Flight: Thrust
1983-10-20
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E15
Flight: Acceleration
1983-10-21
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E16
Babies: The Code of Life
1983-11-07
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E17
Babies: Growth and Development
1983-11-08
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E18
Babies: Behavior
1983-11-09
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E19
Babies: Colonization
1983-11-10
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E20
Babies: Change
1983-11-11
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E21
Senses: Taste and Smell
1983-12-05
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E22
Senses: Sight
1983-12-06
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E23
Senses: Hearing
1983-12-07
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E24
Senses: Touch
1983-12-08
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E25
Senses: Special Sensors
1983-12-09
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E26
Shapes in Nature
1983-11-21
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E27
Shapes and Gravity
1983-11-22
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E28
Shapes: Streamlining
1983-11-23
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E29
Shapes: Form and Function
1983-11-24
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E30
Shapes: Clues
1983-11-25
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E31
Water: 3 Phases – Gas, Liquid, Solid
1983-11-28
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E32
Water: Medium for Life
1983-11-29
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E33
Water and People
1983-11-30
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E34
Water: Distribution
1983-12-01
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E35
Water in the Body
1983-12-02
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E36
Building: Materials
1983-11-14
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E37
Building: One of a Kind
1983-11-15
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E38
Building: Standard Parts
1983-11-16
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E39
Building: Modular
1983-11-17
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E40
Building: Communication
1983-11-18
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E1
Space: Weightless
1984-10-22
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E2
Space: Getting There
1984-10-23
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E3
Space: Living There
1984-10-24
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E4
Space: Working There
1984-10-25
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E5
Space: Anybody Out There?
1984-10-26
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E6
Measurement: How Long? How Far?
1984-10-29
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E7
Measurement: What's the Area? What's the Volume?
1984-10-30
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E8
Measurement: How Heavy? How Dense?
1984-10-31
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E9
Measurement: How Many? How Much?
1984-11-01
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E10
Measurement: How Fast? How Slow?
1984-11-02
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E11
Earth is Change
1984-11-05
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E12
Earth: Maps
1984-11-06
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E13
Earth: Climate
1984-11-07
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E14
Earth: Flora and Fauna
1984-11-08
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E15
Earth: Building Models
1984-11-09
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E16
Electricity: What is It?
1984-11-12
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E17
Electricity and Magnetism
1984-11-13
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E18
Electricity: Where Do We Get It?
1984-11-14
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E19
Electricity Runs in a Circuit
1984-11-15
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E20
Electricity: You Are Electric
1984-11-16
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E1
Tropics: Rubber
1985-09-23
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E2
Tropics: Metals
1985-09-24
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E3
Tropics: Rice
1985-09-25
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E4
Tropics: Working Animals ￃﾢ￢ﾂﾬ￢ﾀﾜ Monkeys and Elephants
1985-09-26
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E5
Tropics: Endangered Animals
1985-09-27
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E6
Light: From the Sun; To Your Eyes
1985-09-30
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E7
Light: Color
1985-10-01
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E8
Light: Eyes
1985-10-02
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E9
Light: How Animals See
1985-10-03
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E10
Light: Bending and Bouncing
1985-10-04
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E11
Farms: Sheep and Pigs ￃﾢ￢ﾂﾬ￢ﾀﾜ Selective Breeding
1985-10-07
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E12
Farms: Plants and Pigs – Plant Production
1985-10-08
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E13
Farms: Hybrids
1985-10-09
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E14
Farms: Cows and Pigs ￃﾢ￢ﾂﾬ￢ﾀﾜ Animal Products
1985-10-10
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E15
Farms: Chickens and Pigs ￃﾢ￢ﾂﾬ￢ﾀﾜ Animal Production
1985-10-11
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E16
Stuff: Metals
1985-10-14
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E17
Stuff: Clay
1985-10-15
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E18
Stuff: Shaping It
1985-10-16
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E19
Stuff: Feathers and Rubber
1985-10-17
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E20
Stuff: Using It
1985-10-18
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E1
Signals: Lingo
1986-09-22
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E2
Signals: Talking Birds, Talking Rooms
1986-09-23
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E3
Signals: Looking for Visual Clues
1986-09-24
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E4
Signals: Getting Them Around
1986-09-25
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E5
Signals: Cracking Codes
1986-09-26
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E6
Oceans: On the Sea
1986-09-29
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E7
Oceans: In the Sea
1986-09-30
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E8
Oceans: From the Sea
1986-10-01
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E9
Oceans: By the Sea
1986-10-02
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E10
Oceans: Of the Sea
1986-10-03
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E11
Motion: What's Up?
1986-10-06
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E12
Motion: Bones
1986-10-07
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E13
Motion: Smashing
1986-10-08
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E14
Motion: Getting a Grip
1986-10-09
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E15
Motion: Heave Ho!
1986-10-10
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E16
Eating: Tooth Detectives
1986-10-13
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E17
Eating: Picky Eaters
1986-10-14
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E18
Eating: Zoo Food
1986-10-15
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E19
Eating: Down the Hatch
1986-10-16
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E20
Eating: Leftovers
1986-10-17
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E1
Japan: Precious Oysters, Rare Salamanders
1987-10-12
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E2
Japan: Landslide!
1987-10-13
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E3
Japan: Paper and Kites
1987-10-14
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E4
Japan: Earthquake!
1987-10-15
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E5
Japan: Judo and Computers
1987-10-16
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E6
Detectives: Skin and Bone Detectives
1987-10-19
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E7
Detectives: Tool and Trash Detectives
1987-10-20
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E8
Detectives: Wildlife Detectives
1987-10-21
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E9
Detectives: Dinosaur Detectives
1987-10-22
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E10
Detectives: Pattern Detectives
1987-10-23
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E11
Architecture: Raising the Big Top
1987-10-26
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E12
Architecture: Home
1987-10-27
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E13
Architecture: Stack It Up
1987-10-28
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E14
Architecture: Made to Fit
1987-10-29
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E15
Architecture: Light But Strong
1987-10-30
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E16
Mammals: Rats and Bats
1987-11-02
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E17
Mammals: Keeping Warm
1987-11-03
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E18
Mammals: Live Birth, Warm Milk
1987-11-04
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E19
Mammals at Play
1987-11-05
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E20
Big Mammals: The High Cost of Living
1987-11-06
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E21
Modeling: Things on Wheels
1987-11-09
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E22
Modeling: Through Ice and Air
1987-11-10
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E23
Modeling: The Earth
1987-11-11
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E24
Modeling: Knees and Small Things
1987-11-12
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E25
Modeling: Spaces
1987-11-13
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E26
In the Air: Finding Your Way
1987-11-16
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E27
In the Air: Drifting with the Wind
1987-11-17
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E28
In the Air: Born to Fly
1987-11-18
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E29
In the Air: Fat Things That Fly
1987-11-19
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E30
In the Air: Unbelievable Flying Objects
1987-11-20
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E1
Antarctica: Getting There
1988-10-10
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E2
Antarctica: Getting Around
1988-10-11
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E3
Antarctica: Life On The Edge
1988-10-12
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E4
Antarctica: Life Under The Ice
1988-10-13
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E5
Antarctica: The Desert Continent
1988-10-14
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E6
Your Body: Twins
1988-10-17
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E7
Your Body: Having a Baby
1988-10-18
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E8
Your Body: Sleep
1988-10-19
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E9
Your Body: Spinning
1988-10-20
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E10
Your Body: Your Health
1988-10-21
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E11
Australia: Platypus & Echidna
1988-10-24
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E12
Australia: Moths & Beetles
1988-10-25
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E13
Australia: Emu & Kookaburra
1988-10-26
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E14
Australia: Koalas
1988-10-27
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E15
Australia: Kangaroos
1988-10-28
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E16
Structures: Bubble, Bubble
1988-10-31
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E17
Structures: Pipes and Reeds
1988-11-01
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E18
Structures: Chaos and Computers
1988-11-02
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E19
Structures: Running Robots
1988-11-03
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E20
Structures: Suspended in Air
1988-11-04
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E21
Greece: The Journey Begins
1988-11-07
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E22
Greece: Under The Ash
1988-11-08
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E23
Greece: Before History
1988-11-09
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E24
Greece: Sheep & Cheese
1988-11-10
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E25
Greece: The Parthenon
1988-11-11
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E26
Island: Parrot Fish
1988-11-14
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E27
Island: Lizards
1988-11-15
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E28
Island: Coral
1988-11-16
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E29
Island: Flamingos
1988-11-17
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E30
Island: Conch
1988-11-18
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Crew
Executive Producer
Alfred Hyslop
Executive Producer
Anne MacLeod Hoffman
Producer
Franklin Getchel
Producer
Joanne Roberts
Producer
Karen Katz
Producer
Kenneth Fink
Producer
Larry Engel
Producer
Maxine Wishner
Producer
Ozzie Alfonso
Producer
Patti Kaplan
Producer
Susan Schwartz Lynn
Producer
Thomas Cammisa
Producer
Tish Sommers
Production
