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00:00If you've got a question and you don't know where to go
00:08Ask Nina for some help, cause she's got a science show
00:11She makes sense of her senses while helping all her fans
00:14By doing her experiments with potions and with bats
00:17Touch her tongue, fingers, eyes, ears, nose
00:23Nina and the neurons find out what you need to know
00:26Nina and the neurons find out what you need to know
00:29He helps us with our eyes and Felix with our touch
00:32Ollie sniffs our snuff and sends some bells she hears so much
00:35But it's Ollie's brother, he helps us with our taste
00:38Then he knows the neurons and they're coming to your place
00:41Touch her tongue, fingers, eyes, ears, nose
00:47Nina and the neurons find out what you need to know
00:50Nina and the neurons find out what you need to know
00:53Oh yeah!
00:54Oh hello!
00:57I'm just examining my rock collection
00:59I'm rather proud of it actually
01:01It's amazing what can be found underground
01:03Oh!
01:10I hear it, I see a flash
01:11I wonder what they're going to ask
01:13Hi Nina!
01:17Hello!
01:18We've got a question for you Nina
01:20Why are we told to drink milk?
01:22That's a great question
01:23Why are we told to drink milk?
01:26Oh!
01:26Why don't you come down to the lab and we'll do some experiments to investigate
01:29See you soon Nina!
01:32Bye!
01:34Well I'm going to need some help to answer this one
01:36And I know just who to ask
01:38Okay neurons, time to get to work
01:40Okay, today's question is
02:02Why are we told to drink milk?
02:03Now which neuron do you think will be most useful in helping us find the answer?
02:07Me, me, me, me
02:09Will it be Fabulous Felix?
02:12I can help so very much if you need the sense of touch
02:15Will it be Beautiful Belle?
02:18I send messages to Brain from ear
02:20If there's a sound I'll help you hear
02:22Will it be Lovely Look?
02:24For looking and seeing, day or night
02:26I'll help you with your sense of sight
02:28Will it be Awesome Ollie?
02:31If it's Pony or Wiffy but you can't tell
02:33My messages help your sense of smell
02:35Or will it be Baby Bud?
02:37Sour, salty, bitter or sweet?
02:40I'm your taste buddy whenever you eat
02:42It's Bud!
02:46Yicky!
02:49Go Bud!
02:50Go Bud!
02:51Go Bud!
02:52Go Bud!
02:54Go Bud!
02:54Go Bud!
02:56Go Bud!
02:56Give me a taste of the action, Nina!
03:00Today's question is why are we told to drink milk?
03:03Now I've chosen Bud to help me because milk is something we drink and taste
03:07Right, I need to get the lab ready before the experimenters arrive
03:10Lily loves kittens
03:14Her friend Casey loves spaghetti bolognese
03:17But they both want to find out why we're told to drink milk
03:20So today for one day only
03:22Lily and Casey become the experimenters
03:26Hi, Nina!
03:29Welcome to my science lab
03:30Come in!
03:32Now you asked
03:34Why are we told to drink milk?
03:37Why do you want to know?
03:38Because my mummy's always telling me to drink milk
03:41I like orange juice better
03:42Well, I like milk and orange juice
03:45And apple juice
03:47And grape juice and pineapple juice
03:49That's right Bud, there are lots of lovely drinks
03:52So I wonder why your parents want you to drink milk in particular
03:55I think we need to investigate to find out more
03:58And for our first experiment, we're going to use our senses
04:01Whoop, whoop, a senses experiment
04:04We're ready, Nina
04:06Okay, who can tell me what colour milk is?
04:09White
04:10White
04:10White, yeah
04:12Milk is white
04:13Now, does milk smell of anything?
04:16Have a smell
04:17It smells like milk
04:18Yeah
04:20It smells delicious
04:23But it's really hard to describe
04:25Now, what about the taste?
04:28Taste is like milk
04:30It's like a creamy taste
04:32Of course, orange juice comes from oranges that grow on trees
04:36But where does milk come from?
04:38Cows
04:38That's right
04:39Milk often comes from cows
04:41But we can drink milk from other animals
04:43Like sheep's milk and goat's milk
04:46And all these different milks have something in common
04:48They have something special in them that we can't see
04:51It's called calcium
04:53Have you ever heard of calcium before?
04:55No
04:55Well, I think calcium might be the reason that you're told to drink milk
04:59So come this way
05:00Now we're all wearing our safety goggles for this experiment
05:05And I've also got my safety gloves on
05:08Now this is calcium
05:12And this calcium comes from the ground
05:14Doesn't look much like milk, does it?
05:17No, Nina
05:18What does it look like?
05:20It looks silvery
05:22Yeah
05:22Like little silvery hard lumps
05:25And this is what calcium looks like on its own
05:28Now we don't normally see it like this
05:30It's normally in other things
05:32Like milk
05:33Like milk
05:35And then it looks very different
05:37Now would you like to see me make some calcium disappear?
05:41Yes, Nina
05:43Nina's going to do a magic trick!
05:51What can you see happening?
05:53It's fizzing
05:54Bubbles are getting bigger and then popping and making the steam come out
05:59So the water made the hard piece of silvery calcium fizz up
06:02And the water and calcium have joined together
06:05And made this cloudy white liquid
06:08So what colour is water normally?
06:11No colour
06:12That's right, water doesn't have a colour
06:14So this white colour must come from the calcium
06:18But I said I'd make the calcium disappear, didn't I?
06:23Yeah
06:23OK
06:24I'm just going to add a little bit of vinegar
06:28And then give it a little stir
06:33Ta-da!
06:36It's like magic!
06:38It's science, bud
06:39But it's still pretty cool, isn't it?
06:41Yeah
06:41So calcium is hard and silvery grey
06:45But then when it's mixed with things like water
06:48It changes and can even turn invisible
06:51So we know that there's calcium in milk
06:53Even though we can't see it
06:55But how does it get there?
06:56Oh, I know somewhere
06:59A bit dark and spooky
07:00That might help us find out
07:02Let's go, experimenters
07:04Here we go
07:10I can't wait to see where we'll end up today
07:13Nina said it would be dark
07:15And spooky
07:17And there'd be goblins and witches and...
07:20Don't be silly, bud
07:22Nina wouldn't take us anywhere scary
07:25I've brought you to these caves to see some amazing science
07:29And we're going to go down under the ground to see it
07:32You're not afraid, are you?
07:33No
07:34Oh, excellent
07:36And you guys look like very brave experimenters
07:38So come on, let's go in
07:40Oh, it feels rather cool down here
07:54That's because the sun doesn't shine underground, Felix
07:57Oh, wait, did you hear something?
08:00It's water dripping
08:02Yes, and if we follow the sound of the dripping water
08:05Then we should find what we're looking for
08:07This way
08:08Wow, cool
08:16Oh, wow
08:17Oh, what is it?
08:19Is it scary?
08:21Can I lick?
08:22Oh, bud, they're not scary at all
08:24They're called stalactites and stalagmites
08:28And they're found in underground caves like these
08:31And they have calcium in them
08:33Now, remember I was telling you earlier
08:35That calcium is found in the ground
08:37Now, the ground is usually below us
08:40But as we've come down into these caves
08:42The ground is now above us and below us
08:46Stalactites and stalagmites are made
08:50When special water from the ground above us
08:53Drips into these caves
08:55And the water has calcium in it
08:57Because it's travelled through the ground
08:59To get here, picking up calcium on the way
09:02Over many, many years
09:04The special water dries up
09:06Leaving these amazing hard pointy things
09:10Now, do they remind you of something?
09:12Giant teeth that haven't been brushed very well
09:15Yeah, they do look a bit like dirty giant teeth
09:19Giant teeth? Oh no!
09:23They just look like giant teeth, little bud
09:26Don't you want to see them?
09:28Wow! They're amazing!
09:31Our teeth are a bit like stalagmites and stalactites
09:34Because they have calcium in them too
09:36Our bodies use calcium to make our teeth
09:39And our bones strong and hard
09:41Is that why we're told to drink milk?
09:44Exactly!
09:45But how does the calcium get into the milk?
09:48Ah! Well, I know an experiment that will help us answer this question
09:51So let's go back to the lab for our final experiment!
09:54So here we have two beakers
10:00Now in this beaker is tap water
10:02And in this beaker is special water that you might find in the ground
10:06Now can you tell them apart?
10:09No!
10:09Oh, well I think you might be able to after the experiment
10:13So goggles on please
10:14Now we never drink out of experiment beakers as that could be dangerous
10:20So I want you to pick up your special blowing tubes
10:23And blow into the beaker of water
10:26Okay, stop there guys
10:37Now what's happened to the water?
10:39Mine's gone all whitish
10:41And mine's just stayed the same
10:43That's right
10:44Now this has gone all whitish
10:46Because this water from the ground has calcium in it
10:50And blowing air into the calcium water made it change and turn white
10:55And Lily, your water, the tap water, has stayed the same
10:59Because it's got no calcium in it
11:00But how does calcium get into our milk?
11:03Well, all the fruits and vegetables that we eat
11:06Come from trees and plants like this one
11:09Now where do these grow?
11:11They come from ground
11:12Yes, plants come from the ground
11:14So they drink water from the ground around them
11:17Now remember when we visited the caves
11:19We found out that water from the ground has calcium in it
11:23So what do you think happens when plants drink water from the ground?
11:27The plants drink out calcium too
11:29That's right
11:30So almost all of the fruit and vegetables that we eat have calcium in them
11:34But what about the milk?
11:37It doesn't come from a plant
11:38It comes from a cow
11:40Good point, bud
11:42Ah, so what do cows eat?
11:45Grass
11:45Ah, yeah
11:47Grass grows in the ground
11:49So the grass also drinks up water with calcium in it
11:52So cows get calcium from the grass
11:55And then make lovely creamy milk with it
11:57So your question was
12:01Why are we told to drink milk?
12:03And I think we've answered it
12:04First we found out that milk has something called calcium in it
12:08And calcium is found in the water in the ground
12:11And because plants drink this water
12:14Calcium is found in lots of the fruits and vegetables that we eat
12:17And because cows and other animals eat plants like grass
12:21Calcium is found in the milk they make too
12:24So we're told to drink milk because it has lots of calcium in it
12:28Which our bodies need to make healthy bones and teeth
12:31But we also discovered that calcium is in lots of other foods too
12:35So I hope that's answered your question
12:37Thanks, Nina
12:38If you want to know more about the science that's all around us
12:47Go to the Nina section on the CBB's website
12:50Have fun
12:51Lab coat on, Nina
12:53Lab coat on, Ollie
12:55Safety gloves on, Nina
12:57Safety gloves on, Felix
12:59And don't forget your goggles, Nina
13:01Goggles are on, Luke
13:03I think we're ready
13:05We do experiments
13:08In the lab
13:09In the lab
13:10In the lab
13:12Wuffling experiments
13:14In the lab
13:15In the lab
13:16Go, Nina
13:16In the lab
13:18We see a popping steam and smoke
13:21We need protection, don't we, folks?
13:24We always put our safety first
13:28We do experiments in the lab
13:33In the lab
13:34Go, Nina
13:34Ah, it's been such a great day, man
13:38Seeing Nina make the calcium change colour was cool
13:42I've had a fabby day
13:45Going down into those exciting caves
13:47It's been a marvellous day
13:49It felt quite cold underground
13:51But the stalagmites and stalactites were fascinating
13:54Oh, I've had a brilliant day
13:56Hearing all about how calcium gets into our food
14:00Our day's been bursting with sensational experiments
14:04I hope you've enjoyed it
14:05See you soon
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