Synopsis
When Emma from the Yorkshire Dales asks Nina to find out where stars go during the day, she needs help from Luke, the sight neuron, to find out.
- Programme: Nina and the Neurons
- Series: 1
- Episode: 1: Stars
- Channel: CBeebies
- Broadcast year: 2007
- Science | Earth and space | Use the idea of the Earth's rotation to explain day and night
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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