3-2-1 Classroom Contact

Ideal for Grades: 3 - 6
Duration: Thirty, 15-minute episodes
Closed Captioned
Producer: Children's Television Workshop
Series Order #519
Format:  DVD 

For more than a decade kids have watched 3-2-1 Contact after school. Now you can use a special edition of Children’s Television Workshop’s popular award-winning science series in school with 3-2-1 Classroom Contact,a new classroom version of the award-winning series for grades 3 - 6.

3-2-1 Classroom Contactbrings the exciting world of scientific discovery into the classroom. The series has two basic elements - thirty 15-minute programs specially developed for in-school use and a Teacher's Guide. Each component plays a central role in the total instructional program.

3-2-1 Classroom Contactstimulates student interest in science through live-action sequences, music, animation and on-location mini-documentaries. The Teacher's Guide presents easy-to-use demonstrations, hands-on activities and experiments for the classroom as well as lesson plans, background information and much nore.

3-2-1 Classroom Contactemphasizes the process of scientific investigation - the dynamic, inquiry-based methods through which we come to know our world. I t portrays science as a cooperative human endeavor, open to all - including your students.

The thirty episodes cover the following scientific exploration areas:
---Earth Science (7 episodes)
---Physical Science (8 episodes)
---Life Science (11 episodes)
---Scientific Investigation (4 episodes)

Rights granted with purchase include: a) life of media audiovisual use, b) public performance, c) campus or building closed circuit.

Click on the individual episode details below to learn more and view the Teacher's Guide for each episode.