Birthday Surprise 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! #

Hello, everyone. I've got a great demonstration for you.

It's about bubbles and foam.

This may look like an ordinary, soft-drink bottle,

but it's not.

I've added chemicals to make it much fizzier.

I just need to add some washing up liquid, just a little.

That should do.

And the magic ingredient...

I'm just going to stand back a little bit... Ooooooh!

NINA LAUGHS

Look at all the foamy, frothy bubbles!

Wow! That is absolutely fantastic.

But now, I've got this mess to clean up.

Just as well I wore my gloves to protect my hands.

First I've something to do.

It's my niece's birthday today - wait till you see what I got her.

Hello, aren't you beautiful?

I just need to wrap him up.

So if you sit there.

I just need to...

Oh...

It's quite tricky.

Oh, every time I touch the paper it flies open.

Where's the sticky tape?

Oh, I can't grab it with these...

Oh!

NINA SIGHS

It was the gloves that were the problem. Silly me!

I couldn't feel anything when I had the gloves on.

Now, I should be able to wrap this up.

-Thank you very much, everyone. Have a lovely day!

-ALL: Bye.

-Bye.

ALARM BEEPS

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

Hi, Nina, my name's Bethan.

How can I guess what's inside my birthday presents

-without opening them?

Great question.

It's so exciting wondering what's inside a present, isn't it?

-OK, Bethan, I'll see you soon.

-Thanks, Nina. See you soon.

I think we're 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, Bethan's question is,

"How can I guess what's inside my presents without opening them?"

Which Neuron do you think will be most useful to find the answer?

ALL: Me! Me! 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 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.

-It's Felix!

-CHEERING

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

Go, Felix! Go, Felix! Go, Felix!

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

Today we'll try to find out what things are by feeling.

Felix is the neuron for the job. Let's find these presents.

OK, then, let's go!

Meet Bethan, her Papa, Mum and Granny from Glasgow.

Today, for one day only, this family are...

The Experimenters!

Balloons, how exciting! There must be a party planned.

-Hello, everyone!

-Hi, Nina.

-Hi, Nina.

And you must be Bethan.

Thank you for sending me your question. What's going on here?

-Why are the balloons up?

-We're having a party.

-Is it your birthday?

-Yes.

-It's my niece's birthday today as well.

Anyway, your question was,

"How can I guess what's inside my parcels before I open them?"

We need to experiment to find the answer.

-Are these the parcels?

-Yes, they're all different shapes and sizes.

They are, aren't they? I think I know the very experiment!

FELIX BEEPS

-Ready, Felix?

-Oh, it's my big moment.

Standing by, ready to send lots of messages.

So, Mum, Gran and Papa, you are going to be blindfolded,

and Bethan and I are going to come round with our chopsticks

and touch different parts of your body with them.

You tell us if we're touching you with one or two chopsticks. OK?

Blindfolds on!

How many am I touching you with now?

Two.

-How many am I touching you with, Papa?

-Two.

-Now?

-One.

One.

Now?

Two.

Now?

One.

Interesting.

-How many?

-One.

Two.

OK, Gran, so how many now?

Two.

Right, everyone, blindfolds off, please.

Now, sometimes you said you could feel one chopstick,

and sometimes two but... Bethan do you want to tell them?

-We were always touching you with two chopsticks.

-ALL: Oh!

Oh, what a touchy-feely experiment that was. Marvellous.

Yes, Felix, the family got a good touch workout there.

That experiment taught us our sense of touch

can cheat the way we feel sometimes.

Some parts of our body are more sensitive than others.

Our fingertips are one of the most sensitive parts.

So, let's put that to the test in the next experiment.

-Yeah?

-Yeah!

-Let's go.

This experiment is perfect for your party.

It will test our sense of touch and you can try it with your friends.

So, blindfolds on, everyone!

Hey, what's happening? The family are getting blindfolded.

How can the Luke-Meister do his work if the eyes are covered?

Don't worry, Luke, I'm in charge. They'll use their sense of touch.

Now, feel the animal on the wall.

It's got hair that's soft.

-What do you think it could be?

-It could be a horse.

-OK.

I'll give you four tails to feel

and you decide which one should go on our animal's bottom.

Here is tail number one.

-How does this tail feel?

-Feathery.

I think this would go on a parrot's bottom.

Let's try tail number two.

How does this one feel?

FELIX BEEPS

Too woolly.

-What do you think that could be the tail of?

-A lamb.

What about this one?

-How does that feel?

-Curly.

I think this could go on a pig's bottom, cos it's really curly.

How does this feel?

This could go on a horse's bottom!

-OK.

-Because it's really long.

So why don't you pin the tail on the animal's bottom.

Want to take your blindfold off and look?

You got it right, well done!

Mum, it's your turn!

What great textures those tails are.

I hope they can match the right one.

Well done, Mum. You got it spot on.

-Right, Gran, your turn.

-Yes, that feels soft.

-Mm-hm.

Fluffy. Yes, I think this is the one.

You can take your blindfold off now.

Oh, no!

OK, Papa, your turn.

-There.

-OK.

You can take off your blindfold.

Ah, never mind, Papa!

You chose the pig's tail.

With the chopsticks we discovered some parts of our body

are more sensitive than others.

In Pin The Tail game

we found our fingertips were good at feeling textures.

Your sense of touch has been well exercised.

That's what you'll need to feel your parcels.

-Shall we have a go?

-Yes!

-Is it heavy, light?

-Heavy.

Oh!

-What do you think?

-I think it could be a guitar.

A guitar! I knew it was a guitar.

-It's boxy.

-What does it feel like?

It feels really hard. I think it's a jigsaw.

-Cos it's shaky.

-Aha!

You were right!

Now we have ONE left.

It's a bouncy ball.

Hey, a ball! I love balls!

G-O-A-L!

Look at all these gifts, you must be really happy with your presents.

I hope you've learned about your sense of touch today

and how to use it - not just for guessing parcels.

-DING DONG

-Was that the doorbell?

My friends coming to my party.

You better go get it then. On you go.

This party is gonna be great - just look at the happy faces.

HOOTING AND SHOUTING

I love Pass The Parcel.

They're playing the Horse's Tail game again. Get those fingertips busy.

What's that I smell? Sausage rolls and sandwiches, yum, yum.

I LOVE sausage rolls! I don't want this party to end!

They all seem to be having a great time.

I'll sneak off and leave them to it.

I'll get back to work at the Science Centre.

ALL: Wh-oa-oa!

# It's been a busy busy day

# Questions answered Experiments done

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

# Tell me, Neurons, What have you done today? #

Well, I definitely worked the hardest today -

sending messages during the experiment,

feeling all the animals' tails. Super!

Yeah, I was pretty busy - keeping an eye on the foamy experiment.

What a mess!

There were loads of sounds for me - especially at the birthday party.

I was really busy.

I whiffed and wafted,

all those sandwiches and sausage rolls.

Wowee! I've been a busy Baby Bud.

My juices were flowing with all that lovely party food.

Well, that was great fun.

I hope you had a sensational time too. Bye!

ALL: Bye-bye!