3-2-1 Contact S02E15 · Flight: Acceleration

Air date: 1983-10-21 30m

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Kathy brings a telescope to talk about the changing constellations in the night sky. In the process, Kathy discusses Newton's Laws of Motion. Robin visits NORAD as it observes satellites in orbit. Miguel hears how planes take off and land at an aircraft carrier.FILM INSERT: Flying objects need a lot of fuel to fly.THE BLOODHOUND GANG: ""The Case of the Bottled Boat, Part Three."" The Gang deduces the pennant is marked with a microdot.

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  1. 1 1. Survival: Breathing1983-10-31 · 30mA computer program introduces the names of the new cast. Robin surprises Miguel and Kathy with a used car, but all three are surprised when the carburetor is faulty. During their
  2. 2 2. Survival: Temperature1983-11-01 · 30mRobin goes on a survival trek in the mountains of Wyoming.In Part Two of the New York City Marathon story, Lauren explains the importance of keeping cool.Film insert: warm-blooded
  3. 3 3. Survival: Protection1983-11-02 · 30mMiguel, Robin, and Kathy help epidemological detectives in their investigation on a food poisoning case. Jackie searches with schoolkids for jumping frogs. In ""The Bloodhound Ga
  4. 4 4. Survival: Energy1983-11-03 · 30mPaco attempts to surprise the others by preparing bread–and ends up surprising himself. In The Bloodhound Gang, Vikki senses something afoul at the séance.
  5. 5 5. Survival: Teamwork1983-11-04 · 30mMiguel, Robin, and Kathy have a computer game in waiting for a contest. Can they get anything done by splitting the responsibilities? In Denver, Miguel puts a hospital's Flight f
  6. 6 6. Sports: Training Analysis1983-10-24 · 30mBefore Miguel can put together a training program for his friends, they spend the day organizing the closet. Miguel and Jackie go to a serious West Point gym drill. Robin discove
  7. 7 7. Sports: Time, Rate, Measurement1983-10-25 · 30mRobin helps Kathy and Miguel to coordinate their schedule of errands, splitting the duties among themselves to get everything done faster.Robin finds out from a pair of jockeys the
  8. 8 8. Sports: Energy Transfer1983-10-26 · 30mCarol Lewis (Carl's brother) and her trainer illustrate the mechanics of the long jump. Kathy witnesses a pole-vaulter in training. Robin discovers a variety of bicycles.Film Ins
  9. 9 9. Sports: Impact Analysis1983-10-27 · 30mKathy is downstairs, exercising while waiting for Miguel to return. Miguel is with Judy Clarke, who discusses the design of athletic shoes. She leads Miguel to two other research
  10. 10 10. Sports: Coordination1983-10-28 · 30mRobin sees two synchronized swimmers in perfect coordination. The Biography segment features a neurologist discussing people's motor skills. A team of high-school boys uses infor
  11. 11 11. Flight: Flying Animals1983-10-17 · 30mMiguel invites Kathy and Robin to Lincoln Park Airport, where he is taking flying lessons. After a brief discussion of the four forces, Miguel acquaints himself with the plane's co
  12. 12 12. Flight: Air Resistance1983-10-18 · 30mMiguel, Robin, and Kathy join the crew of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as they inflate balloons. Robin takes her first parachute jump.FILM INSERT: Air is there. ANIMATION: F
  13. 14 14. Flight: Thrust1983-10-20 · 30mMiguel has entered himself and Robin in a boomerang-throwing competition. But neither knows how to throw a boomerang properly. They get a demonstration on boomerang flight from a
  14. 15 15. Flight: Acceleration1983-10-21 · 30mKathy brings a telescope to talk about the changing constellations in the night sky. In the process, Kathy discusses Newton's Laws of Motion. Robin visits NORAD as it observes sa
  15. 16 16. Babies: The Code of Life1983-11-07 · 30mPaco is trying to find out what DNA is. Not everyone has the complete answer until somebody calls the wrong number repeatedly. Robin is fortunate to talk with one of the biologis
  16. 17 17. Babies: Growth and Development1983-11-08 · 30mMiguel has had it up to his ears with duplicates. He goes to a florist to get the perfect orchid for his mother's birthday. The florist tells him all the orchids in the shop are
  17. 18 18. Babies: Behavior1983-11-09 · 30mWhile Miguel, Robin, and Kathy go off on a picnic, Paco is left to examine Miguel's ants. He then has to scramble for the ants when they get loose. Immediately, Miguel senses tha
  18. 19 19. Babies: Colonization1983-11-10 · 30mRobin visits Mount St. Helens two years after its historic 1980 eruption to see where plant life in the area is attempting a comeback. In the weekly studio experiment, Miguel expl
  19. 20 20. Babies: Change1983-11-11 · 30mPaco sets up a school report on his walk on the beach. He teams up with a chimpanzee and a biologist who studies animal locomotion. At the university, the biologist shows Paco pa
  20. 21 21. Senses: Taste and Smell1983-12-05 · 30mMiguel, Robin, and Kathy are prepared for a fishing campout. On their way back from fishing, Kathy discovers she has lost the matchbook and ventures out to find it. She finds it,
  21. 22 22. Senses: Sight1983-12-06 · 30mMain Concept: In order for us to see, the eye must convert light energy to electrical energy, which is interpreted by the brain as an image. Robin learns that sight is the dominant
  22. 23 23. Senses: Hearing1983-12-07 · 30mThe kids assemble glasses with varying water amounts for a musical scale. In the process, Paco learns that certain frequencies are beyond the human hearing range. Vikki of The Bl
  23. 24 24. Senses: Touch1983-12-08 · 30mPaco surprises everyone with a gecko as his present for Robin's birthday. We meet a neurologist who studies the sense of touch in Brooklyn. In ""The Bloodhound Gang,"" Vikki atte
  24. 25 25. Senses: Special Sensors1983-12-09 · 30mAfter a close call, Miguel, Robin and Kathy drill themselves (and the basement) in case of fire. The Bloodhound Gang, en masse, breaks down ""The Case of the Girl from Outer Space
  25. 26 26. Shapes in Nature1983-11-21 · 30mMiguel and Paco start the week in the back of a pick-up truck, riding through San Diego Wild Animal Park. They see the prehensile tongue of a giraffe up close. A worker explains ho
  26. 27 27. Shapes and Gravity1983-11-22 · 30mFrom the San Diego Wild Animal Park, Miguel and Paco observe elephants flipping dust and dirt on their backs. An evolutionary expoert at the Wild Animal Park explains why elephant
  27. 28 28. Shapes: Streamlining1983-11-23 · 30mMiguel and Robin attach a speedometer on a bicycle so they and Paco can see how fast Paco can really ride his bike. Jackie meets with MIT engineers who built a streamlined bicycle
  28. 29 29. Shapes: Form and Function1983-11-24 · 30mMiguel is chopping wood because he wants to play the violin. He asks Robin to take the wood to Carlene Hutchins, who makes violins, a musical acoustician. She tells how the violi
  29. 30 30. Shapes: Clues1983-11-25 · 30mRobin has her hands full trying to develop pictures in the makeshift darkroom set up in the basement. In the field, Robin gets a first-hand look on how police use fingerprints as
  30. 31 31. Water: 3 Phases – Gas, Liquid, Solid1983-11-28 · 30mRobin is ready to ski down a mountain. Miguel and Kathy, who have never skied before, spend their time witnessing a snow-making machine. All three discover a geologist at the mou
  31. 32 32. Water: Medium for Life1983-11-29 · 30mA dry tour of the solar system shows no substantial water on the other planets. Back on Earth, water contains just about all life.Miguel visits the Okefenokee Swamp, hoping to see
  32. 33 33. Water and People1983-11-30 · 30mMiguel helps Robin complete a homework project before heading to a harbor on the Hudson River. He and Kathy are worried that a houseboat may be sinking. A marine biologist tells
  33. 34 34. Water: Distribution1983-12-01 · 30mMiguel discovers a leak in the water pipes and tries valiantly to fix it. Kathy discusses Lake Mead and Hoover Dam, which supply water and electricity for Las Vegas. Robin and Ja
  34. 35 35. Water in the Body1983-12-02 · 30mPaco, Kathy and Robin set up an aquarium to surprise Miguel. Two scientists from different fields lead Robin to study bears in the Minnesota winter. They take samples of bear blo
  35. 36 36. Building: Materials1983-11-14 · 30mJackie gets an up-close look at the Teflon roof of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Bloodhound Gang is called to investigate ""The Case of the Veiled Thief.""
  36. 37 37. Building: One of a Kind1983-11-15 · 30mLeonardo da Vinci's vision of a spring-driven car is put to the test in the ""Olympics of the Mind,"" where youngsters test ideas. The Bloodhound Gang solves ""The Case of the Vei
  37. 38 38. Building: Standard Parts1983-11-16 · 30mAmong the field visits in this program is an automobile assembly line. The Bloodhound Gang gets involved in ""The Case of the Bottled Boat.""
  38. 39 39. Building: Modular1983-11-17 · 30mPaco envisions the concept of modular components. Among the sites visited is a video-games manufacturer. The Bloodhound Gang try to shed light on ""The Case of the Bottled Boat."
  39. 40 40. Building: Communication1983-11-18 · 30mBroadway Video provided production facilities for 3-2-1 Contact for six seasons. In this episode, editors at Broadway Video show their work in assembling a film (later seen in its