Editing 3-2-1 Contact (section)

{{short description|American educational children's TV program}}
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{{Infobox television
| image   = 321 Contact2.png
| caption = Original opening title of ''3-2-1 Contact''
| runtime = 30 minutes
| creator = Samuel Y. Gibbon Jr.
| starring = Varied, see article
| theme_music_composer = Tom Anthony
| country = United States
| network = [[PBS]]
| company = [[Children's Television Workshop]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|1980|01|14}} 
| last_aired = {{End date|1988|11|18}}
| num_seasons = 7
| num_episodes = 225 (and 10 specials)
}}

'''''3-2-1 Contact''''' is an [[Americans|American]] science educational television show produced by the Children's Television Workshop (CTW, now known as [[Sesame Workshop]]). It aired on [[PBS]] from 1980 to 1988 and later ran on [[Noggin (brand)|Noggin]] (a joint venture between the CTW and [[Nickelodeon]]) from 1999 to 2003. The show teaches scientific principles and their applications.<ref name="Woolery">{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series |date=1985 |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1651-2 |pages=508–509}}</ref> Edward G. Atkins, who was responsible for much of the scientific content of the show, felt that the TV program would not replace a classroom but would encourage viewers to ask questions about the scientific purpose of things.<ref name=NYTimes>{{Cite news |last=Hechinger |first=Fred M. |date=October 2, 1984 |title=About Education; Forgotten TV Audience: Children |work=The New York Times |page=C.9 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/02/science/about-education-forgotten-tv-audience-children.html}}</ref>