Distance 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 our senses By helping her fans

# By doing her experiments With potions and with bangs. #

Touch your tongue!

Fingers!

Eyes! Ears!

Nose!

# Every day we use our senses

# Wherever we may go. #

Tongue.

Fingers.

Eyes. Ears

Nose.

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

# Luke helps us with our eyes And Felix with our touch

# Ollie sniffs out smells Belle hears so much

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

# They're Nina's Neurons And they're coming to your place. #

Touch your tongue!

Fingers!

Eyes! Ears!

Nose!

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

# Oh, yeah! #

Hello! I've had a great idea today.

I want to show you some lovely views of the city and the countryside.

Let's see what we can see.

Oh, there's the Science Centre.

And the car park.

Oh, and there's some river. And the Science Centre again.

The views are great but I want to see more.

The Science Centre is much bigger than me so I can't see past it.

For a better view, we need to get higher

so it's lucky we have this tower here.

This tower is 127 metres tall.

That's 80 times taller than me.

When we get to the top, seeing over things shouldn't be a problem.

If you look down, you can see we're moving away from the ground.

I hope you're not scared of heights.

Oh!

Wow! Oh, you really do get great views from up here.

You can see for miles around. You can see the whole city.

And the hills as well.

Right down the river.

Do you see the cars in the distance?

On the bridge they look really tiny.

You can see loads of places, even though they're really far away.

You couldn't see most of them from the ground. Look!

The Science Centre. When I was next to it,

there was no way we could see over it. But from here, it looks small

and you can see over it really easily.

-BLEEPING

-Oh, someone has a question for me.

I'd better see who it is.

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

Hello, Nina. My name's Tanuka and I've got a question for you.

Why are things so small when they're far away?

What an interesting question! I know what you mean.

-We'll have to investigate this. I'll see you soon. Bye.

-See you soon.

Bye.

I think we'll need help to answer this one. And I know who to ask.

OK, Neurons, time to get to work.

ALL: Neurons at the ready, Nina!

OK, Tanuka's question is -

why are things so small when they're far away?

Which Neuron will help 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?

Looking and seeing, day or night I'll help 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 Bud?

-Sour, salty, bitter or sweet

I'm your taste buddy whenever you eat.

BLEEPING

-It's Luke!

-Yes!

NEURONS CHANT: Go, Luke! Go, Luke!

Cool, Nina. I'll be looking out to help you.

We want to find out about how things look, so Luke will be helping us.

OK, then, let's go.

Here's Tanuka, her mum and her gran, from Newcastle.

Today, for one day only, they are...

the Experimenters!

OK, now, Tanuka's question was -

why do things that are far away look so small?

I think we'll need to do some experiments to find the answer.

Luke is waiting to help us. Aren't you, Luke?

Ready, Luke?

It's my big moment. Standing by, ready to send lots of messages.

But I thought the family were going to meet me here. I can't see them.

Can you?

Oh, I can hear someone laughing.

I think that's Tanuka and her family.

HELLO!

I think it is.

Hello. Hi, everyone.

You must be Tanuka. Nice to meet you. Thank you for your question -

why do things that are far away look so small? Very good question.

What kinds of things have you seen

-that look small when they're far away?

-An aeroplane.

Oh. And what else?

A helicopter.

And a helicopter?

And those things really are big.

Yes.

I think I know the very experiment that would help us.

Yes.

OK, for this experiment, we have two boxes.

Mum, can you do me a favour?

Can you take this box... ..Now, no peeking you, into what's in the box.

..and pop that up the back for me? Lovely.

We have a box here as well, Tanuka.

But I don't want you to peek behind us to see what Mum's doing.

Why don't you open the box and see what's inside?

Oh! What is it?

A teddy bear.

It's a teddy bear. Oh, it's lovely, as well.

Why don't we sit him on there, facing that way?

Can you do that for me?

We're all going to wander over here.

-Are you ready yet, Mum?

-Yes.

-Come on over.

Mum's here. OK, now... we can all turn round.

Now, what can you see, Tanuka?

-I can see teddy bears.

-You can see teddy bears.

Oh, that teddy's looking smart

-with his tartan ribbon.

-I bet he feels very soft to touch.

-Have you ever measured with your fingers before?

-No.

Well, you close one eyes...

Or you can cover one eye like that as well.

Close one eye...look at your object and put your fingers up.

And then close your fingers around the object.

Both teddies appear to be the same size.

-Mum, could you bring your teddy over for us, please?

-OK.

-Thank you.

Now, let's watch as this teddy at the back comes towards us.

What's happening?

It's getting bigger.

Can we measure this teddy with our fingers?

Oh, I don't know about you, but my fingers can't stretch that far.

-I think we need to measure him with hands.

-Yes.

-One...

-One...

-two...

-Two hands.

-Three hands.

-Oh, three and a half hands.

So he's really big.

That experiment has shown us

the bigger the distance between yourself and an object,

the smaller the object looks.

But when the object, like the teddy, comes towards you,

it gets bigger and you can see its real size.

Wow-ee! Look at that.

Mum's teddy's much bigger than Tanuka's.

They only look the same size because the big teddy was further away.

I really like measuring things.

We should measure more things. Would you like to come on a trip?

-I promise I'll have you all back by tea time.

-Yes.

-Excellent.

Oh, wow!

Look at that!

-It's the Angel of the North.

-It looks teeny from up here.

Let's measure it with our fingers.

-It's only this big.

-Yeah.

It looks brilliant even though it's very small.

Have you any ideas where we should go next?

Let's get close to it.

Good idea. Let's go, everyone.

Oh, wow!

When you're this close, you can really see how big it is.

Shall we measure it? Yes.

Oh, can you...? It's nearly too big for my fingers.

Why don't we try hands again? You're very good at that.

One...

two...

It's just massive.

Wow! Look at the size of it when we're up close.

It's massive.

You'll need more than one hand to measure that lot.

-I've had such a good day with you guys. Have you?

-Yes.

I must be going now, I'm afraid. So take care of yourselves. Bye!

-Bye.

-Bye.

NEURONS: Oh!

# 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.

I had loads of messages to send

about how objects look small when they are far away

but large when they are near you.

Well, I was working hard too, you know.

There was all that reaching out with fingers and hands

to measure the teddies and the Angel of the North.

There were loads of sounds to keep me busy.

I had to listen out for Tanuka when she was far away in the park.

We've had a bit of an easy day, haven't we, Bud?

Yes. But I've still had a fabby time.

Well, that was great fun. I hope you've had a sensational time too.

Bye!

ALL: Bye!