September 23, 1985 • 30m
Paco introduces the tropics and points out that Miguel is in Malaysia. Miguel and Anitha see how rubber is tapped from trees and processed.
September 24, 1985 • 30m
People use the word ""tin"" without really understanding it. Miguel goes to various sites in Malaysia see tin being extracted and used.
September 25, 1985 • 30m
Miguel sees Malaysian rice, from planting to harvesting.
September 26, 1985 • 30m
Miguel learns firsthand how elephants and monkeys can help humans in their tasks. Paco gives a little monologue on domestication.
September 27, 1985 • 30m
Miguel takes a day-long observation of an orangutan rehabilitation center in Malaysia.
September 30, 1985 • 30m
Light is observed through lenses such a telescope and the eye. The Bloodhound Gang is confronted with ""The Case of the Missing Memory.""
October 1, 1985 • 30m
Kathy learns that there is more color in a green leaf than meets the eye. At the Exploratorium, Robin discovers what drives a mag...Read more
October 2, 1985 • 30m
Darlene Librero dissects a cow's eye before a class of intermediate-schoolers. Later we get to hear about Librero's scientific ba...Read more
October 3, 1985 • 30m
Mary gets her eyes examined. Technically, it's the second straight show on the eye, but not just the human eye. Visual effects s...Read more
October 4, 1985 • 30m
Diego and Robin start the day on a ship off the California coast, observing the individual patterns of a lighthouse's beam. They ...Read more
October 7, 1985 • 30m
MMiguel and Robin spend most of the day watchiing and learning from a sheep shearer. Paco and Mary anchor ""Pig News,"" a gimmick...Read more
October 8, 1985 • 30m
Mass population puts heavy demands on growing and producing plans. This program looks at some advances in agriculture.
October 9, 1985 • 30m
A mutt is a hybrid, as Paco and Miguel discover. Much of this show is set in the Animal Emergency Room at a veterinarian hospital...Read more
October 10, 1985 • 30m
Much of this show is set in a modern dairy. Cows give milk, and that milk is turned into other foods. The Bloodhound Gang invest...Read more
October 11, 1985 • 30m
Kathy talks with none other than Frank Perdue about his high-yield poultry farm. The Bloodhound Gang unmasks ""The Case of Mr. Quickfingers.""
October 14, 1985 • 30m
Robin, Miguel, and Kathy observe different facets of the Statue of Liberty's restoration.
October 15, 1985 • 30m
Paco gets the low-down on making a coffee cup out of clay. Kathy discovers how clay is used to make toilets. The Bloodhound Gan...Read more
October 16, 1985 • 30m
Heat It, Beat It is the music video that sums up this episode. We see the bending of glass and (in a scene recycled from ""Tropic...Read more
October 17, 1985 • 30m
In ""Part 1,"" a makeup man gets Miguel in his chair to make a monster mask. For ""Part 2,"" Kathy goes on a mission with a ""fea...Read more
October 18, 1985 • 30m
Schoolchildren design egg containers that prevent the egg from breaking when dropped. Miguel sees a plane that is lighter than it...Read more