Ships Nina and the Neurons

# 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 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

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

# Oh, yeah! #

Ooh, oh, hello there!

I'm just building this jigsaw.

There's so many different shapes and sizes to fit together.

Oh, I'm nearly there now.

Ohh...

Ooh, hooray, it's finished!

My very own ship, ha-ha! Oh...

BEEPING

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

BEEPING

-Hi Nina!

-Hi, guys!

-We've got a question for you.

How do we build big ships?

That's a great question - how do we build big ships?

Shipbuilding take a lot of very clever engineering.

Come down and we'll investigate.

-See you soon, Nina! Bye!

-Bye!

I'll need 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, how do we build big ships?

Which Neuron will be most useful to help 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 Felix!

CHEERING

ALL: Go, Felix! Go, Felix! Go, Felix!

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

Today's question is, how do we build big ships?

Shipbuilding requires hands-on making and shaping things,

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

But, Neurons, I have a feeling I may need help from all of you.

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

Rachel loves eating jelly snakes.

Emmie likes splashing in puddles. Lawa likes dancing.

-I really like big ships.

-I've been on a ship.

How are big ships made?

Today, for one day only, they become the engineers!

-Hi, guys!

-Hi, Nina!

Welcome to my workshop and thanks for your question.

How do we build big ships?

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

ALL: Whoop! Woo! A senses experiment! We're ready, Nina.

Why do you think really big ships are useful?

We can put lots of things on them.

That's right! Big ships can carry lots of things,

and also, lots of people. But how do we build them?

Engineers that build ships are called shipbuilders.

They had to work out what to make ships out of.

Let's try some of these.

This is paper. There's some metal. And some rubber.

The materials don't look very ship-shape, Nina.

Well spotted, Luke! Let's try shaping them into ships.

OK, Rachel, up you come first. We'll do the paper.

I'll just pop it in there.

And push it down! That should do it. Open it up.

Ooh!

We have a paper ship!

OK, now, let's try the next one. We have some metal.

We'll pop it in there.

And push it down! That should do it!

Now, open it up! Oh! Lovely!

We now have paper and metal ships.

Now, what about the rubber?

And squash it down, and open it up!

Oh...

Oh, dear! The rubber stayed flat!

We can't change the shape of rubber very easily.

It springs back, so it would be hard to make a big ship out of rubber.

Ships also need to be very strong, so let's see which of these -

the paper or the metal ship - would be best.

I've got some Mini-Ninas to help us. Let's play sailing!

OK, guys, stop there.

Oh, dear. The paper wasn't strong enough. It's lost its shape.

So paper wouldn't be a good thing to make ships out of.

But metal is stronger than paper, and it's kept its shape.

That's why engineers use metal to make lots of things,

like cars, trains and big ships!

Big special ships require big special places,

and that's where we're off to now. Let's go!

-I wonder where Nina is taking us.

-Nina said it's a big, special place.

The cinema! That's special, cos you get popcorn!

No cinema, but it does look big and special.

This is where they make really big ships. Let's get investigating!

Everything is so big here.

This shipyard makes huge ships, and all made out of metal.

This machine is shaping the flat metal sheets.

That was a flat piece of metal before.

Why is that man looking at a picture?

Shipbuilders need a picture of what the ship's going to look like

as they're building it. It shows them the sizes and tells them

where each part of the ship goes. It's a bit like a big jigsaw puzzle.

But that metal doesn't look like a ship, Nina.

You're right, Luke! Come on! We need to find something that's ship-shape!

Wow, that is massive!

Absolutely magnificent!

They're building the part of the ship that people live in.

It's huge, isn't it? But it's only a small part of the whole ship.

The part we're looking at will fit here on the ship.

Why are they just making that bit of the ship?

Good question! Let's investigate!

Big ships are made in parts,

and I've got a fun experiment that will explain why!

These are knitting needles, and you can knit with them like this.

And you can also make a big woolly jumper.

Ha-ha!

These are giant knitting needles!

Do you think it will be easy to knit a big quilt for your bed with these?

I'm not sure. They're very big.

Let's have a go and see if we can make a huge quilt.

They're getting in a bit of a tangle! Ha-ha!

Stop there! Oh!

Do you think it might be easier to knit smaller pieces

-and then join them all together into one big quilt, like this?

-ALL: Yes!

Ho-ho! Ho-ho-ho! And it's the same for shipbuilding.

Ships are so huge that it's much easier to make them in parts

-and then join them together.

-How are the ship parts joined together?

Brilliant question! Come with me and we'll find out.

Wow! What's he doing?

Let's go back to my workshop and I'll show you.

Your question was, how do we build big ships?

We've discovered it's easier to build them in parts

and then join them together later, like we just saw.

But how are the ship parts joined together? Let's investigate!

We're going to copy this picture

and make our very own special ship, out of chocolate!

A chocolate ship! Ye-e-e-e-s!

When the metal parts of the ship are joined together,

it's called welding. That's what we saw earlier.

To weld things together, we need to heat up the edges

so they start to melt and become a sticky liquid.

-What do we need to weld our chocolate ship?

-Heat.

And we're going to use this bottle. It has hot water in it.

Remember, it's important not to touch hot water, or it could burn you.

OK, Rachel, you can get us started.

OK, ohhh! Ohh!

The edges are getting nice and sticky now.

So if you press them together, Rachel,

and pop them into your stand to cool down...

Excellent!

Maybe Nina will nibble the ship's deck!

ALL LAUGH

Welding is really clever engineering.

Heating the edges makes them melt and go sticky

and when you hold the sticky edges together and let them cool,

they'll join up and stay together.

Metal for ships is joined up in exactly the same way,

but with a lot more heat.

# Nina and the Neurons! #

Your question was, how do we build big ships?

I think we've answered it.

We discovered that engineers use metal to make ships

because they can change its shape and it's very strong.

The easiest and quickest way to build a big ship

is to make the parts on their own and then join them by welding,

just like we did with our chocolate ship.

I hope that's answered your question.

Thanks, Nina, bye!

You're welcome, bye!

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

go to the Nina section on the CBeebies website. Have fun!

-# Pulling!

-Pushing!

-Twisting!

-Mixing!

-# Drilling!

-Squeezing!

-Floating!

-# Go engineering!

-Go engineering!

# When you need to fly it make it, shape it

-# Go engineering!

-Go engineering!

-# When you want to build Go engineering!

-Engineering!

# When you've got to solve a problem but you don't know how to do it

-# It's time to go engineering!

-Engineering!

# When you want to lift it Stick it, pop it, bend it

-# It's time to go engineering!

-Engineering!

-# Go engineering!

-Go engineering!

-# When you need to fly it make it, shape it!

-Engineering!

-# Go engineering!

-Go engineering!

# When you want to build go engineering

# Go engineering! #

Ah, it's been such a great day!

The shipyard looked amazing!

It's been a marvellous day.

The big quilt was absolutely fabulous.

I really enjoyed myself today.

All those warm chocolatey smells!

Engineers help to build the world around us.

They make things work and use science to solve problems.

-See you soon, bye!

-ALL: Bye!

# Nina and the Neurons Go engineering! #