Spy Kit 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!

# Every day we use our senses Wherever we may go

-# 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 their 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! #

I've got to go Mum. OK, I'll speak to you soon. Bye.

Hi. I'm sorry about that. But thanks for getting everything set up.

No problem.

-Shall we give it a go?

-Let's do it.

This exhibit is called the Whispering Dishes

and it lets you talk to someone far away without having to shout.

Did you hear that, Gaby?

What?

Did you hear that, Gaby?

No.

Excellent.

Now, let's try the Whispering Dishes.

These dishes are shaped so that even if you just whisper

you can be easily heard at the other dish.

(Can you hear me, Gaby?)

-Loud and clear, Nina. Can you hear me?

-Yes, I can.

Perfectly!

-Thank you very much for setting up today. Bye!

-OK. Bye!

If someone talks in the right position,

the sound of their voice is bounced off this dish

all the way over to the dish at the other end.

-You can also do it the other way round.

-(Hello, Nina.)

-Hello.

-Who's there?

-Nina, it's me -

your mum. I'm over here.

Mum?

Where are you?

I'm in your bag, silly.

-You won't fit in my bag!

-I'm still on the phone.

You forgot to hang up when you put it away.

Oh! Of course!

The phone is still in the bag. And I left the bag at the other dish.

And because of the dishes, I can hear Mum from over here.

That's amazing.

Nina, are you still listening to me? Are you still there?

Thanks, Mum. You've just helped with an experiment.

-Bye!

-Bye.

-BEEP-BEEP

-Sounds like someone else is calling.

I'd better go and check it out.

I hear a beep, I see a flash

I wonder what they're going to ask.

I'm Eve. I want to find out my mum's secret.

I'm nosey. I can't stand not knowing a secret.

I'll be round soon to help.

-See you soon.

-Bye.

We need help to answer this one. I know just who to ask.

OK, Neurons, time to get to work.

Neurons at the ready, Nina.

OK, the question from Eve is, "How can I find out my mum's secret?"

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

-ALL: 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 brain to ear,

if there's a sound, I'll help you hear.

Will it be Lovely Luke?

By looking 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 Belle!

OTHERS: Go Belle! Go Belle! Go Belle! Go Belle! Go Belle! Go Belle!

Brilliant. I'm all ears, Nina.

Belle will be helping us out today.

OK, then. Let's go.

Meet Eve, her brother Jay, their mum, dad and gran.

They're a regular family from Falkirk,

but today they are the Experimenters!

Sshh!

Oh, you must be Eve's mum?

I hear you've got a secret.

Yes, I'm planning a little surprise for Eve.

-She's got to find out what it is.

-Oh, I see! Like a game?

Oh, well, I'll go and find Eve, then.

-Sshh!

-Sshh!

Oh! It's you, Eve! Oh, you gave me such a surprise!

Oh, and you're going to be getting a surprise too.

Your mum is planning something. She wants us to find out what.

Shall we find out what she's up to? Yeah? Remember - sshh! Let's go.

Yeah, so we're planning a little surprise for Eve.

She doesn't know...

Let's have a listen.

(I've got some cakes ordered.)

Can you hear what she's saying?

(Yeah, Gran's coming.)

I think we're going to have to think of a way to hear better.

Oh! Oh, I've thought of an experiment.

Ready, Belle?

Oh, it's my big moment!

Standing by. Ready to send lots of messages.

OK, everyone, we're going to try talking to each other

from across the garden,

but we're going to talk quietly, OK?

So, Dad, go across the other side of the garden and we'll wait here.

-Come on, Jay.

-Going as well, Jay?

We're going to do some good listening.

Dad, can you tell us what you had for breakfast this morning?

Do it quietly and we'll listen and see if we can hear.

-Off you go.

-(I had some tea, some toast...)

Oh, I wish we could hear him! He's talking about food.

That's my favourite subject.

-Could you hear him?

-No.

-No.

Hmm? Right, Eve, why don't you have a go?

(I had some cornflakes and a drink of orange juice.)

Could you hear that, Dad?

No.

-What was that?

-No.

-Oh! Do you see what I did there?

I put my hand to my ear so I could hear better.

Ah! It's because your dad's so far away,

there isn't enough sound getting to our ears.

If I cup my hand to my ear,

it's like making my ear bigger, so it catches more sound.

We'll try that as an experiment.

Dad, can you tell us about your favourite dinner?

Now, let's cup our hands to our ears to see if we can hear better.

I'm going to have a nice mushroom pizza with lots of cheese on top.

Oh, that's brilliant.

Now take your hand away from your ears, so we can hear the difference.

..big, fat chips, and a nice big...

SILENCE

Oh, that works really well!

Do you hear the difference?

You can hear so much better with your hand cupping your ear.

It's like making the ears bigger to hear with.

That means we've found another way to find out what Mum's secret is.

-We can use this. Shall we go and give it a go?

-Yes!

-Let's go inside.

So once Eve has worked out what the surprise is...

-I can hear her better now. Can you?

-Yes.

Has she said what it is?

I hope it's food!

Sshh! Quiet, Bud. I'm listening.

We'll get ready to play the games.

She's talking about playing games!

-I think she might have spotted us.

-Oh, no!

-Oh, no!

Your question was - how can I find out my mum's secret?

So we tried listening to your mum.

You could hear better if you cup your hand to your ear.

-But she saw us.

-Yes, she did see us.

I think we'll have to try another experiment.

-We could try another room.

-My bedroom.

-Your bedroom?

We'll go to your bedroom and do another experiment to hear your mum.

Yay, Nina! I'll help you hear loud and clear.

You may recognise this from your local doctor's.

It's called a stethoscope. You put this end into your ears, like that,

and this end goes onto your chest, and you can hear your heart beating.

Good. It's still working.

Just how we can hear your chest, we can hear through the wall,

so I'm going to use a stethoscope to listen through the wall.

You can try listening through this.

This mug works like the stethoscope. It will work.

Will we hear anything through that mug?

We're about to find out.

Let's press them to the wall and see if we can hear anything.

Everything's ready and waiting on the table.

-I'm just waiting for Eve.

-Can you hear your mum?

-Yeah.

That's amazing.

You can hear through the wall.

-It's going to be good fun...

-I can hear her really well.

-Me too!

..and sausage rolls...

Did she say "sausage rolls"?

I love sausage rolls!

I can't wait for this surprise.

So, Eve, you wanted to know what your mum's secret was.

We found out you can hear better by cupping your hands to your ears.

We can hear through solid things like walls,

and if you press a mug to them, you can hear even better.

We found that your surprise is here on the table.

Let's open it!

Oh-h! There's food and music and balloons. That sounds like a party.

Hurrah! We've finally got to the food.

I'm ready for this.

-We're going to play musical statues. Ready?

-ALL: Yeah!

Wow! Look at Eve dancing.

What a groovy mover.

When you play musical statues,

you have to listen carefully so you can hear when the music...

stops.

Oh, Dad, you're so out!

I wonder who'll be out this time.

Oh, Mum, I just saw you twitching. Who's going to win?

I think Eve will definitely win.

Hmm! I don't know. Gran looks like a winner to me.

Oh, Gran, you moved!

That means the winner is...

Eve!

# It's been a busy, busy day

# Questions, answers, experiments done

# We've all used our senses in so many ways

# Neurons, what have you done today? #

Well, I worked the hardest today.

Everyone has had to listen carefully all day.

I've never had so many messages to send.

I was working hard too, you know.

The ends of that stethoscope felt really odd in Nina's ears.

Yeah, I was pretty busy,

when everyone was looking to see who moved in musical statues.

Wowee! I've been a busy baby bud.

I had something to do when the food and drinks came out.

I was really busy.

You can't taste well if you can't smell something.

Well, that was great fun.

I hope you've had a sensational time too. Bye!

Bye!

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