Exploring Space Nina and the Neurons: Earth Explorers

# If you've got a question and you don't know where to go

# Ask Nina for some help cos she's got a science show

# She makes sense of her senses while helping all her fans

# By doing her experiments with potions and with bangs

-# Touch your tongue!

-Tongue!

-# Fingers!

-Fingers!

-# Eyes!

-Eyes!

-Ears!

-Ears!

-# Nose!

-Nose!

# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know

# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know

# Luke he helps us with our eyes and Felix with our touch

# Ollie sniffs out smells and scents and Belle she hears so much

# Bud is Ollie's brother he helps us with our taste

# They're Nina's little Neurons and they're coming to your place

-# Touch your tongue!

-Tongue!

-# Fingers!

-Fingers!

-# Eyes!

-Eyes!

-Ears!

-Ears!

-# Nose!

-Nose!

-# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know!

-Yeah!

# Nina and the Neurons find out what you need to know

# Oh, yeah! #

Vroom-vroom! Vroom-vroom!

Oh, hello! I'm just playing with my toy car. Look!

Without even touching it, I can get it to move.

Oh! Oh, no...

Oh, dear!

I think I need some driving lessons.

BEEPING

I hear a beep, I see a flash, I wonder what they're going to ask!

BOTH: Hi, Nina.

-Hi.

-We've got a question for you.

How do you explore other planets in space?

That's a great question. How do we explore other planets in space?

Well, we live on planet Earth

and there are lots of other planets in space.

But how do we know about them?

Why don't you come down to my workshop and we'll investigate?

-BOTH: See you soon, Nina. Bye.

-Bye.

Well, I'm going to need some help to answer this one

and I know just who to ask.

OK, Neurons, time to get to work.

ALL: Neurons at the ready, Nina.

OK. Today's question is, how do we explore other planets in space?

Which Neuron will be most useful in helping us find the answer?

ALL: Me! Me! Me! Oh, me!

Will it be fabulous Felix?

I can help so very much if you need the sense of touch.

Will it be beautiful Belle?

I send messages to brain from ear. If there's a sound, I'll help you hear.

Will it be lovely Luke?

For looking and seeing, day or night,

I'll help you with your sense of sight.

Will it be awesome Ollie?

If it's pongy or whiffy but you can't tell,

-my messages help your sense of smell.

-Or will it be baby Bud?

Sour, salty, bitter or sweet, I'm your taste buddy whenever you eat!

It's all Neurons!

CHEERING

ALL: Go, Neurons! Go, Neurons!

ALL: Go, Neurons! Go, Neurons!

ALL: Go, Neurons! Go, Neurons!

ALL: All Neurons hip-hop happy to help, Nina.

Today's question is how do we explore other planets in space?

To properly explore another planet, we need to look, smell,

touch and listen carefully.

So, I'll be needing help from all the Neurons today.

I need to get the workshop ready before they the explorers arrive.

Nomi loves eating dried seaweed and Oliver loves eating olives.

But they both want to know - how do we explore other planets in space?

I like TV programmes about space.

How do we know about other planets?

So, today, for one day only, Nomi and Oliver become the explorers!

-Hi, guys.

-BOTH: Hi, Nina.

Welcome to my workshop and thank you for your great question.

How do we explore other planets in space?

To find out the answer, let start by using our senses.

ALL: Whoo-hoo!

A senses experiment. We're ready, Nina.

Have a look at this picture.

Now, what planet do we live on?

-Earth.

-Yes, we live on planet Earth.

And there are seven other planet near us in near.

What do you notice about this planet?

-It looks red, Nina.

-Yes.

Mars is known as the red planet.

And this is a picture taken on Mars.

We can send people to the moon to take photos,

but these planets are too far away for people to visit.

So, scientists have found a way to explore these planets without

anyone having to actually go there.

That's how this photo of Mars was taken.

So, let's do an experiment to find out more.

Whoo-hoo! This is a special car.

Look what happens when I wave at it. Hello.

And the other special thing about this car is

I can move it around without even touching it.

I just have to use this remote control.

Now, there is something very special behind this wall

but instead of us going to see it,

we're going to send a car with a camera to explore instead.

I want you to watch carefully here and shout out exactly what you see.

Mountain!

Oh, yes! It is mountains.

So the camera on the car was able to show us

what was behind the wall without us being there.

And it's the same when we want to explore planets.

We can't go ourselves, but we can send a machine to explore for us.

We call them space rovers.

Space rovers? What a cool name!

Space rovers send information back to Earth

so we can find out what other planets are like.

This space rover is on the planet Mars right now.

It was folded up inside a spacecraft

and it landed on Mars and took these pictures.

I wish I was a space rover. Nee-ow!

What else can they do, Nina?

Space rovers can do lots of interesting things.

To find out more, we need to visit somewhere very special indeed.

Oh, goody. I love this bit.

I wonder where Nina is taking us.

Nina said it's somewhere very special.

Maybe it's a restaurant.

Oh, what would I have?!

I would enjoy all those foody smells too, Bud.

I don't see food but it does look interesting.

-This is Katie.

-Hi, guys.

BOTH: Hi, Katie.

Remember earlier on we looked at a picture of the space rover

that's on the planet Mars right now.

Well, Katie is helping to build another space rover that's

going to explore different parts of Mars in the future.

Can you tell us how it works, Katie?

The space rover has cameras so it can send photos back to Earth.

It's going to look at soil and rocks

so we have information about the surface of Mars.

And it's going to look at weather on Mars.

This room was specially created to look

and feel like the planet Mars so they could test out the space rover.

-Can you show us how it works, Katie?

-Sure. Come this way.

-What do you notice about the space rover?

-It moves slowly.

Yes, it does move slowly.

And look what's happening with the camera on the rover.

It's sending pictures to this computer.

So we can see here exactly what the camera on the rover is seeing.

Scientists can drive the rover

but it doesn't always need a person to control it.

It can drive around rocks all by itself.

Shall we test it out?

BOTH: Yes, Nina.

Whoo-hoo! Thank you very much.

I've put a cardboard cutout of myself in the way of the Mars rover.

-What do you think will happen?

-It might bump into you, Nina.

Well, let's see, shall we?

ALL: Here it comes!

I can't take it!

The excitement is simply too much!

The clever Mars rover

found its way my card around my cardboard cutout all by itself.

Why does the space rover have to drive itself?

That's a great question. Let's do another experiment to find out.

Oliver, you are dressed as a space rover

and you look fantastic.

So, let's test your special camera.

Hello.

So, we're trying to find out why space rovers need to be able

to drive by themselves.

Oliver, I'm going to blindfold you so you can't see where you're going.

Being blindfolded can be a little dangerous.

Make sure you only play this with an adult's help.

I've made a wall of blocks that the space rover has to move around,

but it can't see where it's going, so how will it be able to do it?

Well, Nomi, it is our job to tell Oliver which way to move

so he doesn't bump into the wall.

Is everyone ready?

ALL: Yes.

OK, here we go.

Nomi, can I ask you to ask Oliver to move forward?

Move forward.

Now, can you please tell him to take steps to his left, please?

Can you take steps to your left, please?

Now can you ask him to move forward?

Can you move forward, please?

You've made it past the wall. Yay!

Well done, guys.

Because the space rover was near to us, we could quickly pass on

our instructions so the space rover could safely move around the wall.

We're going to do that experiment again,

but this time we're going to pretend our space rover has

gone off to a faraway planet like Mars.

OK, I'd like you to go and tell Oliver to move forward.

Move forwards.

OK, Nomi. Oh, I need you to tell Oliver to move to his left.

Oh!

Oh, too late!

Well done. Great experiment, explorers.

Because the space rover was very far away, our instructions didn't

arrive in time to stop you from bumping into the wall.

It's the same with real space rovers.

It takes a long time for messages to get from Earth all the way

to the space rover on Mars.

So, if it comes across a big rock it needs to be able to

drive around it all by itself.

What a clever space rover!

# Nina and the Neurons! #

So, your question was, "How do we explore other planets in space?"

and I think we've answered it.

Planets are so far away, people can't travel there

and we have to send space rovers to explore for us.

They send us beautiful photos and videos of other planets.

But it takes a long time to get instructions to space rovers.

So they had to have to be able to see and drive by themselves.

So, I hope that's answered your question.

BOTH: Thanks, Nina. Bye.

You're welcome. Bye.

If you want to know more about the science all around us,

go to the Nina section of the CBeebies website.

Have fun!

# Every day the sun comes up, it brightens up the sky

# A brand-new day to understand

-# A chance to ask ourselves why

-Why?

-# There's a world of possibilities outside our front door

-Front door

# So every day take a look around and explore

-# Explore,

-explore,

-explore

-explore

-# Exploring in the garden

-Grass

-exploring in the park

-Rivers

-# Exploring in the daytime

-Mountains

-And even when it's dark

-Planets

# Look at the Earth, look at the sky Look at the world before us

-# Explore,

-explore,

-explore,

-explore

# We're always on the lookout

-# We're Earth explorers

-O-oh o-oh

-# We're Earth explorers

-O-oh o-oh

# We're Earth explorers. #

Exploring is about looking at the world around us,

asking why and finding out the answer.

Whether it's deep underground, at the end of your playground

or way above the clouds, keep exploring our exciting world.

See you again soon. Bye.

ALL: Bye.

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