Living on Earth 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! #

Oh, hello, there!

I've just been out for a walk and it's so cold and windy outside,

I had to wear my gloves and scarf. Ha-ha!

NINA SIGHS

I wonder if there's somewhere a bit warmer I could live.

-BEEPING

-Whoa!

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

-ALL: Hi, Nina!

-Hi!

-We've got a question for you.

-Why don't we live on other planets?

That's a great question!

Why don't we live on other planets?

Oh! This will be very interesting to explore.

Come down to my workshop and we'll investigate.

-ALL: See you soon, Nina! Bye!

-Bye!

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

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, why don't we live on other planets?

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

ALL: Me! Me! 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 from brain to 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.

BEEPING

-It's Felix!

-CHEERING

NEURONS: Go, Felix! Go, Felix! Go, Felix! Go, Felix! Go, Felix!

Go, Felix! Go, Felix!

Marvellous! A little touch can mean so much, Nina!

Today's question is - why don't we live on other planets?

Because we feel the cold, the wind and the heat,

Felix, our touch Neuron, will be helping us today.

But stand by, Neurons.

I may need help from all of you.

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

Maha loves going to parties,

Matthew loves playing football

and Hannah loves the seaside,

but they all want to know, why don't we live on other planets?

There are lots of planets.

We can travel into space.

Why don't we live on other planets?

So today, for one day only,

Matthew, Maha and Hannah become the explorers!

Hi, guys.

-ALL: Hi, Nina.

-Welcome to my workshop

and thank you for your great question -

why don't we live on other planets?

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

NEURONS: Whoop-woo! A senses experiment!

We're ready, Nina!

We're we have a model of our solar system

and this is planet Earth, where we live,

and there's lots of other planets too.

Here's the sun in the middle.

The Earth looks blue from far away

because it's mostly covered in water.

And this planet next to it

is the same size as planet Earth.

It's a yellowy colour

and it's called Venus.

And here we have a picture of Venus, but closer up.

What do you think those things on the surface are?

There's clouds, Nina.

That's right! They're thick clouds.

Now I'm going to make a cloud, just like the ones on Venus,

in this tank using special equipment.

Just put my gloves on.

Watch this, guys.

NEURONS: Wow!

And the Ninacam's in there so it can see inside the cloud.

-LUKE:

-I can't see anything, Nina. Just thick, swirling cloud.

That's right, Luke.

The clouds on Venus are so thick

that you wouldn't be able to see the sun at all.

-BELLE:

-No sunshine, Nina?

Does that mean it's cold all the time?

No, Belle, the sun is shining. You just wouldn't be able to see it.

The clouds are so big and thick that they actually trap

the warmth of the sun and you get very hot.

The clouds are a bit like this big, thick, fluffy blanket.

So let's see what happens if we put this blanket over us.

Woo!

He-he-he!

Oh, there we go. That's nice. Oh!

How are we feeling, explorers?

Warm.

I'm starting to feel very hot, Nina.

Yes, the blanket is trapping the heat from our bodies

and we're warming up.

Just like the clouds trap the sun's warmth on Venus.

In fact, it's so hot on Venus, if you were to take a spoon like this,

it would melt.

Oh, no!

How would we eat pudding?

It's so hot, most things would melt, Bud.

It's too cloudy and too hot for us to live on Venus.

-LUKE:

-We've discovered that Venus is covered in thick clouds.

FELIX: The clouds trap the heat like a thick, fluffy blanket,

and that makes Venus feel very, very hot.

-BUD:

-I'm glad we live on planet Earth where spoons don't melt

and we can eat pudding!

Well remembered, Neurons. Venus is far too hot for us to live there.

Is there somewhere colder we could live?

Great question! Why don't we go somewhere cold to find out?

-OLLIE:

-Off we go for another adventure.

-BELLE:

-Hmm, where do you think we're going today?

FELIX: Nina said we were going somewhere cold.

-BUD:

-Are we going to the North Pole?

Cold there!

-LUKE:

-I don't think it's the North Pole, but it does look freezing.

So far we've found out that we live in a solar system

on planet Earth and Venus is planet nearby.

And Venus is covered in thick clouds which make it

so hot that we couldn't live there.

And now I've brought you to somewhere very cold

so we can explore what it's like to live on a cold planet like Neptune.

Neptune is a long way from the sun, so it doesn't get much heat.

Just like if there was a heater at the other side of this room.

It would be a long way off, so we wouldn't feel much heat.

Brr! I wish there was a heater, Nina. I'm feeling rather cold.

Neptune is even colder than this, Felix.

Now we're going to explore what it's like to walk on Neptune.

This ball pool is a bit like the ground on Neptune.

So, shall we have a go at walking at it?

-ALL: Yes!

-Come on!

Woo!

Whoa!

THEY GIGGLE AND SHOUT

Woo-hoo-hoo!

FELIX: I've got a sinking feeling, Nina.

Oh...

Woo-hoo-hoo!

That was great fun!

-Now, did we stay on top of the balls or did we sink?

-We sank!

That's right!

And that's just what it'd be like

if we tried to stand on the ground on Neptune.

This is what it looks like on Neptune.

Neptune is actually made of gas.

The gas swirls around

so the ground isn't hard like it is here

and we couldn't walk on it.

It's like when we try to walk on these balls.

-If we tried to walk on Neptune, we would sink.

-BELLE:

-Wow!

We've discovered Neptune is a long way from the sun so it's very cold.

-BUD:

-It's too cold for us to live there!

BUD'S TEETH CHATTER

FELIX: The ground on Neptune is made of gas, so we can't stand on it.

We'd just sink.

Well, remember, Neurons, Neptune is too cold and too gassy

for us to live on.

I wonder if there's anywhere else we might be able to live.

I think it's time for one final experiment to find out.

You asked why don't we live on other planets?

So far we've discovered that planet Venus

is covered in thick clouds that make it too hot for us to live on

and planet Neptune is too cold and too gassy for us to live there.

For our final experiment,

we're going to find out what it would be like to live on Mars.

Mars is this red planet

and this is what it looks like on Mars.

What do you notice about it?

It looks windy.

Yes, Mars is very windy and very dusty,

so let's explore what it's like to live on a windy planet.

Now, I'm going to turn on this big fan.

And we'll have a go at doing everyday things, but in the wind.

So are you ready, explorers?

-ALL: Yeah!

-OK, let's go!

-BUD:

-Yes! Yummy!

-FELIX: It feels very windy.

-BELLE:

-This wind is so noisy!

Oh, well done, guys! That was very windy indeed.

Far too windy to live in.

Nina, are there any other planets that we can live on?

That's a good question.

Earth is the only planet in our solar system

that we can live on, because it's not too hot or too cold,

it has lots of water on it and it has the air that we need to breathe.

Earth also has soil so we can grow things to eat.

Eating is very important, Nina!

That's right, Bud.

Earth is just perfect for us to live on.

That's why we live here and that's why we should look after it.

# Nina and the Neurons! #

So, your question was why don't we live on other planets?

And I think we've answered it.

-LUKE:

-We found out that Venus is covered in thick clouds

that are like a blanket and make it too warm for us.

FELIX: Neptune is so far from the sun,

it would be too cold for us to live there. Brr!

-BELLE:

-And Mars is too dusty and windy.

Woosh!

OLLIE: Earth is perfect for us.

Not too hot, not too cold and it's got water, air...

-BUD:

-And we can grow my favourite thing - food!

Well remembered, Neurons.

I hope that's answered your question.

ALL: Thanks, Nina! Bye!

You're welcome! Bye!

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

go to the Nina section on 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. #

Remember, 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!

Earth explorers!

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