3-2-1 Contact — Season 1, Episode 59: Big/Small: Volume & Efficiency

Episode synopsis

At an aquarium, Lisa and Trini learn about volume. Marc and Lisa head out to see a supertanker. Trini stakes her case about oil spills. This includes an extension of Trini's visit to the salt marsh in Episode 57. As a final gesture, Marc and Lisa remind Trini just how many common items come from oil.Film insert: how a school bus compares to a car in transporting kids.ANIMATION: Cubes illustrate volume; the vast volume of a supertanker.THE BLOODHOUND GANG: ""The Case of the 264-Pound Burglar, Part Two."" (Recycled from Episode 7) Vikki reveals that the weight card reading 264 pounds, was designed to throw them off the scent. They discover the real culprits, both of whom faked the weight card in preparation for the heist.

About 3-2-1 Contact

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.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Noisy/Quiet: Production & Processing of Sound
• E2Noisy/Quiet: The Ear
• E3Noisy/Quiet: How People & Animals Use Sound
• E4Noisy/Quiet: Music
• E5Noisy/Quiet: Range of Vibration
• E6Forces and Motion
• E7Forces and Fields
• E8Forces: Buoyancy and Gravity
• E9Forces and Machines
• E10Forces: A Spectacle of Forces
• E11Growth/Decay: Sex and Seeds
• E12Growth/Decay: Human Growth