00:05If you got a question and you don't know where to go, ask Nina for some help, cause she's got
00:10a side show.
00:11She makes sense of her senses while helping all her fans, by doing her experiments.
00:16With motions and with baths, touch her tongue, fingers, eyes, ears, ears, nose.
00:23Nina and the neurons find out what you need to know. Nina and the neurons find out what you need
00:28to know.
00:29Look, he helps us with our eyes and Felix with our touch.
00:32Ollie's sniffs, our smells, and some bells she hears so much.
00:35But it's Ollie's brother, he helps us with our taste.
00:38Then he has little neurons and they're coming to your place.
00:41Touch her tongue, fingers, eyes, ears, 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!
00:56Click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click.
00:59Oh, hello there.
01:01Oh, this is such a fun experiment.
01:04Look what happens when I do this.
01:07Hey, see the ball moves at the other end, but the balls in the middle hardly move at all.
01:13It's brilliant, isn't it?
01:15Oh, I hear a beep, I see a flash, I wonder what they're going to ask.
01:25Hi.
01:25Hi, Nina.
01:27Hi.
01:28We got a question for you.
01:30How do you play snooker?
01:32That's a great question.
01:34How do you play snooker?
01:36Snooker is a really fun game and it's all about moving balls around a table using a special
01:41stick called a cue.
01:42But this can be trickier than it looks.
01:44Why don't you come down to my lab and we'll investigate.
01:46See you soon, Nina.
01:49Bye.
01:50Bye.
01:51Well, I'm going to need some help to answer this one and I know just who to ask.
01:55OK, neurons, time to get to work.
02:13Neurons at the ready, Nina.
02:16OK, today's question is how do you play snooker?
02:19Now, which neuron do you think will be most useful in helping us find the answer?
02:23Me.
02:23Me.
02:24Me.
02:24Me.
02:25Me.
02:26Will it be Fabulous Felix?
02:28I can help so very much if you need the sense of touch.
02:32Will it be Beautiful Belle?
02:34I send messages to Graeme from ear.
02:37If there's a sound, I'll help you hear.
02:39Will it be Lovely Look?
02:41For looking and seeing, day or night, I'll help you with your sense of sight.
02:45Will it be Awesome Ollie?
02:47If it's Pony or Whiffy, but you can't tell, my messages help your sense of smell.
02:52Or will it be Baby Bud?
02:54Sour, salty, bitter or sweet, I'm your taste buddy whenever you eat.
03:04It's Luke.
03:05Go Luke, go Luke, go Luke, go Luke, go Luke, go Luke, go Luke, go Luke.
03:13Cool Nina.
03:15I'll be looking out to help you.
03:17Today's question is, how do you play snooker?
03:19And because we need to see the snooker balls on the table, look, our sight neuron will be helping us
03:24today.
03:25But stand by, neurons.
03:26I have a feeling I may need help from all of you.
03:29Right, I need to get the lab ready before the experimenters arrive.
03:34Sultana likes eating ice cream.
03:36Grace likes chatting with her friends.
03:38I've seen snooker on TV.
03:42I like watching the coloured balls.
03:45But they both want to know, how do you play snooker?
03:48So today, for one day only, Sultana and Grace become the experimenters.
03:58Hi guys.
03:59Hi Nina.
04:01Welcome to my lab and thank you for your great question, how do you play snooker?
04:05To find out the answer, let's start by using our senses.
04:09Whoop whoop, a senses experiment.
04:12We're ready Nina.
04:13First, take a look at this.
04:16Snooker is played on a big table.
04:19And the players try to knock the coloured balls into the pockets by bumping them with the white ball.
04:25And the long stick they're using is called a snooker cue.
04:29And you score points by knocking the coloured balls into the pockets.
04:33Pockets?
04:34Like we get in our trousers Nina.
04:36Yes bud, like the pockets we get in our trousers.
04:39So the holes around the edges of the snooker table are called pockets.
04:43But how do you get the balls to roll into the pockets?
04:46Let's get experimenting.
04:50So Grace, if you roll the white ball down the chute and it bumps into the orange ball, what do
04:56you think will happen?
04:57The orange ball will move.
04:59Oh, you might be right.
05:01Well let's see.
05:02So roll the white ball down there.
05:03Go for it.
05:05Hey, well done.
05:06You were absolutely right.
05:08The orange ball moved because the white ball bumped into it.
05:12And this shows us that balls can't move on their own.
05:15Something needs to start them moving.
05:18So when the white ball bumped into the orange ball, that movement was passed on and the orange ball moved.
05:25And this is what happens in snooker.
05:28OK, Sultan, it's your turn next.
05:29What do you think will happen this time?
05:31Both of the balls will move.
05:33Oh, well let's see.
05:35So if you want to roll the white ball.
05:38OK, well done.
05:39You were absolutely right.
05:40So you started the white ball rolling and that movement passed on to the orange ball and then on to
05:47the yellow ball.
05:48Balls can't move themselves.
05:50So we use a snooker cue.
05:52The white ball bumps into coloured balls and moves them too.
05:57To score, you pot the coloured balls into the pockets.
06:00Well remembered, neurons.
06:02How do you get the balls to go the right way?
06:05That's a brilliant question.
06:07Well, the skill of snooker is getting the balls to move exactly where you want.
06:11And actually, I know a very funny experiment that we can do to find out more.
06:18Now guys, you are in these fantastic special suits because you're going to pretend to be the white ball and
06:25the coloured ball in a snooker game.
06:27So how do they feel?
06:29Funny, Nina.
06:30Well, you look amazing.
06:33So we're investigating how to make the balls go exactly where we want.
06:38And to do this, we'll bump the white ball into the red ball on different sides to see where it
06:44goes.
06:44And we'll do this safely and without anyone getting hurt because you guys have your special suits on.
06:50Are you ready, experimenters?
06:52Yeah!
06:53So Sultan, you're going to bump Grace, the red ball, in the middle for me, okay?
06:58Ready, steady, go!
07:05Yay!
07:08Well done, Sultan.
07:10So you bumped the red ball in the middle.
07:12Now Grace, what direction did you move in?
07:15I moved forwards, Nina.
07:18That's right.
07:19By hitting the ball straight on, you moved forward in a straight line.
07:24Okay, Grace, it's your turn.
07:27Grace, you are now the white ball.
07:29And I would like you to bump into the red ball on this side.
07:34Okay, are you ready?
07:35Yes!
07:36Ready, steady, go!
07:41Yay!
07:42Yay!
07:44What happened this time?
07:45I went that way, Nina.
07:48You did.
07:49The white ball bumped you on this side and made you go this way.
07:54So balls always move the opposite way to the side that's bumped.
07:58Let's take a trip, experimenters, to meet someone who's really got their eye on the ball.
08:03Off we go.
08:08Off we go for another adventure.
08:11Yeah, we're going to meet someone who's got their eye on the ball.
08:15Yes!
08:16Maybe a famous footballer.
08:18Or a tennis ace.
08:20We're here, Neuron.
08:23So you asked how do you play snooker?
08:26And so far we've found out that snooker balls stay still until they're bumped.
08:31And they always move the opposite way to the side they're bumped on.
08:35This is Dylan.
08:37Hi, Dylan.
08:37Hi, Dylan.
08:39Hi, everyone.
08:40Now, Dylan's been playing snooker since he was just three years old.
08:43And since then he's won lots of trophies and competitions.
08:52Now, guys, what do you notice about the sides of the table?
08:57They go up like a little wall.
09:00Yes, well, the edges are called cushions and they're raised so the balls stay on the table.
09:05And bouncing balls off the cushions is another way to move them into the pockets.
09:10But how would you know where to bounce them, Nina?
09:14Excellent question, Luke.
09:16I think Dylan can help us answer that.
09:18Dylan, can you help us with an experiment?
09:20Of course.
09:21OK, we're going to try and get this pink snooker ball into this pocket here.
09:27These different coloured dots show three different paths the ball could take.
09:32But how do we know where in the cushion the ball should bounce off so it goes into the pocket?
09:38So which path should we try first?
09:40The blue one.
09:41Blue one.
09:42OK, Dylan, can you try hitting the ball along the blue line for us, please?
09:46No problem.
09:54Oh, never mind.
09:56Well, let's try again.
09:57So which path should we try now?
09:59The red one.
10:00OK, Dylan, can you try hitting the ball along the red path for us, please?
10:09Oh, no!
10:10It's missed again, Nina!
10:12I know, but there's only the yellow path to try now, experimenters.
10:17So off you go, Dylan.
10:25Oh, well done!
10:27Yay!
10:29Yay!
10:30It worked!
10:31Thank you, Dylan.
10:32Well done.
10:33I'm just going to continue these dots so we can see where the balls went.
10:48There we go.
10:49So when the ball followed the blue line, it bounced off the cushion in this direction.
10:55And the direction that it bounced off the cushion is called an angle.
11:01The angle wasn't correct, so it missed the pocket.
11:07And when the ball followed the red line, it bounced off the cushion at that angle and also missed
11:13the pocket.
11:13It was the yellow angle that got it just right.
11:17It made the ball bounce off the cushion in just the right direction to go all the way into
11:24the pocket.
11:25In fact, it was so good, I think we should see it again, Dylan.
11:34It's going to be...
11:36Yay!
11:38What a great experiment.
11:40Of course, snooker players can't play with stickers on the table, so they need a lot of
11:44practice to work out where the balls will go.
11:52So your question was, how do you play snooker?
11:55And I think we've answered it.
11:56Snooker's played with a special stick called a cube.
12:00A white ball bumps a coloured ball into the pocket.
12:03Bowls always move the opposite way to the side that's being bumped.
12:08Bowls can also bump off the side into pockets.
12:12As long as they bump in just the right place.
12:15So I hope that's answered your question.
12:17Thanks, Nina.
12:19Bye.
12:20You're welcome.
12:21Bye.
12:21Bye.
12:24If you want to know more about the science that's all around us, go to the Nina section
12:28on the CBB's website.
12:29Have fun.
12:30On your marks, get set, go!
12:35Get sporty.
12:36Do-be-do-be-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop.
12:47Why not try out something new and give it a real go?
12:51Whenever you are restless and feeling kind of bored, grab your friends and go outside and
12:58try a brand new sport.
13:03Get sporty.
13:05Do-be-do-be-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop.
13:07Get sporty.
13:09Do-be-do-be-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop-doop
13:12-doop-doop-doop-doop.
13:15Cycling, diving, sliding, rolling, it's really up to you.
13:20If you're wondering how a swimmer swims or a bike can go so fast, give it a bash and make
13:25it last, it's time to go get sporty.
13:31Get sporty.
13:48And remember, whether it's inside, outside, on a bike or in a pool, we can all try something new in
13:55Get Sporty.
13:56See you again soon. Bye!
13:58Bye!
13:59Get Sporty!
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