3-2-1 Contact
Season 2 Episode 9 - Sports: Impact Analysis
Kathy 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 researchers, ready to do measurements on Miguel's feet. Miguel weighs 135 pounds, and the impact each foot endures while he runs is twice that weight. In between the experiments and observations, Judy tells Miguel what type of athletic shoe would be best for running. Back at the basement, Kathy sprains her knee. Robin sees Sammy Duvall, a world-champion water skier. He talks about the stress a water skier meets during a jump. They meet Dr. Michael Fulton, who shows Robin the forces a knee faces when walking, jogging, and jumping. Fulton explains what kind of injury Sammy had in 1979 and how the doctors countered the injury. Sammy gives Robin a water-skiing lesson. Paco walks to the basement wearing street-hockey pads, all of which impress Kathy. Robin is at a softball game, quickly learning that she must wear a
Episodes in Season 2
Survival: Breathing
30 min
Survival: Temperature
30 min
Survival: Protection
30 min
Survival: Energy
30 min
Survival: Teamwork
30 min
Sports: Training Analysis
30 min
Sports: Time, Rate, Measurement
30 min
Sports: Energy Transfer
30 min
Sports: Impact Analysis
30 min
Sports: Coordination
30 min
Flight: Flying Animals
30 min
Flight: Air Resistance
30 min
Flight: Thrust
30 min
Flight: Acceleration
30 min
Babies: The Code of Life
30 min
Babies: Growth and Development
30 min
Babies: Behavior
30 min
Babies: Colonization
30 min
Babies: Change
30 min
Senses: Taste and Smell
30 min
Senses: Sight
30 min
Senses: Hearing
30 min
Senses: Touch
30 min
Senses: Special Sensors
30 min
Shapes in Nature
30 min
Shapes and Gravity
30 min
Shapes: Streamlining
30 min
Shapes: Form and Function
30 min
Shapes: Clues
30 min
Water: 3 Phases – Gas, Liquid, Solid
30 min
Water: Medium for Life
30 min
Water and People
30 min
Water: Distribution
30 min
Water in the Body
30 min
Building: Materials
30 min
Building: One of a Kind
30 min
Building: Standard Parts
30 min
Building: Modular
30 min
Building: Communication
30 min
