Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 234 i National Geographic Kids (UK)

Hey Kids! This issue is packed with clever scientists and explorers whose work helps us understand our world, reveals the secrets of our past, and solves problems of the future. We meet palaeontologists piecing together the green bones of a huge dinosaur on page 10. Then we hear from seed scientists protecting the planet's plants on page 20. And four brave ocean adventurers set sail on a science ship to study marine wildlife. Plus, we meet an extraordinary astronaut and an undercover filmmaker. Epic! Whose job would you most like to do?! There are all the usual puzzles, fun facts and posters, too. So jump in and get inspired! Editor Tim and the Nat Geo Kids team…

Find out more about Wakehurst's super seed bank on page 20. This October half-term, Nat Geo Kids is teaming up with Wakehurst, Kew's wild botanic garden in Sussex, for a planet-saving nature trail that YOU can take part in. Every school holiday, Wakehurst host a Nature Heroes event, where kids join fun missions to learn all about plants and how to look after them. And this autumn, they're putting on an awesome NGK-inspired Seed Seeker trail! You'll play the role of a seed scientist, learning how Wakehurst's Millennium Seed Bank collects, stores and studies over 2.8 billion seeds from over 39,000 species. Following a woodland trail amongst the trees, you'll tackle puzzles, solve plant mysteries and learn tons of fascinating weird-but-true facts. Head to kew.org/wakehurst for more information and to…

DINO FEET Make yourself some huge, scary stompers! What you'll need ● Large cardboard box ● Scissors ● Felt-tip pens ● Paints ● Green ribbon or string ● Green socks (optional) Start here! 1 Cut the two largest sides from your cardboard box. Draw the outline of a big three-toed dinosaur footprint on one of them. 2 Cut out the footprint, then draw around the shape onto the other piece of card. Cut that out, too. 3 Paint your cardboard feet green and leave them to dry. Then paint on some red claws, adding details with felt-tip pens. 4 When dry, stand on your dino feet and make two dots either side of each foot. Using a sharp pencil, make holes through the dots. TOP TIP Make an extra pain…

Fungi beats Musician and biologist Tarun Nayar, from Vancouver in Canada, makes music out of… mushrooms! Eh? Well, when Tarun plugs his synthesiser into fungi, their bioelectric pulses travel through wires, triggering note changes in the synth. Whoa! “When I tried it for the first time, I was blown away!” he says. We bet, Tarun! Paddling pooches! These heroic hounds were snapped taking part in August's World Dog Surfing Championships in California, USA. The doggy dudes competed in events including solo dog surfing, tandem dog-and-human surfing, tandem dog surfing and stand-up paddleboarding. Bone-kers! Yarnolympics If medals were awarded for yarnbombing, we reckon the Secret Society of Hertford Crafters would win the gold! The nifty knitters crocheted 37 postbox toppers to celebrate this summer's Olympics and Paralympics! Keep an eye out…

PLAY THIS! Answers on page 49 1 Most Dangerous This dinosaur wasn't the largest predator but it might have been one of the smartest – its brain was twice the size of other dinos' noodles! Brain plus brawn made it a feared predator of its time. 2 Smallest Predator Less than a metre from nose to tail, this scrappy creature had knifelike teeth that chomped on insects and other small critters. 3 Best Defence This plant-eater's armoured plates and pointy spikes protected it from the bites of predators. Plus, it had a clubbed tail to beat off attackers. 4 Largest Predator Being chased by one monstrous meat-eater was bad enough. But this 13m-long (the length of a bowling lane) dino might have hunted in packs, enabling it to take down even larger prey. Eek!…

A CHIWEENIE IS A MIXED-BREED DOG THAT'S PART CHIHUAHUA AND PART DACHSHUND. Paris' 324m-tall Eiffel Tower expands by 15cm in hot weather, but shrinks again in the cold. PEOPLE TEND TO SLEEP LESS DURING A FULL MOON. The grey catbird makes a MIAOW sound. NOT ALL ICEBERGS ARE BLUE. SOME CAN BE GREEN OR YELLOW. A GOLF BALL HAS ABOUT 300 DIMPLES. A tortoise's shell is made up of about 50 bones. Scientists think sharks are colour-blind.…

1 Launched in 2011, Minecraft is the biggest-selling video game of all time. It has 140 million monthly users (that's more than double the population of the UK!), who create, adventure and battle in the game's colourful, block-based world. 2 Minecraft's creator, Markus 'Notch' Persson, once used his sleeping cat to make sound effects for the game! He recorded the sound of the moggy waking up and used it for the noises of fire-shooting ghosts called Ghasts. 3 Known as a sandbox game, Minecraft is famous for letting users get creative and play however they like! You can explore the vast open world, fight monsters, befriend cute creatures, build cool structures, go on adventures and more!…

EMI KONDO Find out how undercover filmmaker Emi is bringing the plight of threatened creatures to light! FACT FILE Name: Emi Kondo From: Costa Rica, Central America Job: Filmmaker, photographer and National Geographic Explorer Cool hobby: Searching for teeny orchids in the wild! Click! The soft sound of a camera's shutter closing is the only sign that photographer and filmmaker Emi Kondo has arrived on the scene. For over ten years, she's worked all over the globe with a charity called World Animal Protection, helping them draw attention to animals in need. From exposing how captive tigers are used for entertainment in Thailand to documenting an ocean clean-up in Panama, Emi's photos and films help people learn about threats to endangered wildlife – and inspire them to take action! UNDERCOVER MISSION In Bolivia, South America,…

Bet You Didn't Know! 1 Most tornadoes in the Northern Hemisphere spin counterclockwise but most Southern Hemisphere twisters spin clockwise. 2 One study found that the average person will walk about 120,000km during their life – enough to circle the Earth three times. 3 Lava from a volcano in Africa flowed as fast as a car driving on a motorway. 4 The earliest cars had top speeds of 16kmph —a little faster than a chicken can run. 5 Some trains in Asia use magnets to move without touching the ground. 6 Some chameleons' tongues can grab bugs 5 times faster than you can blink. A TORNADO SPINS ACROSS A FIELD IN THE USA.…

AWESOME ORANGE! These photos show close-up views of things that are orange. Unscramble the letters to identify the things in each picture. Bonus: Use the yellow letters to help you answer the joke below.…

Animals often blend in with their environment to hide. Find the animals listed below in the pictures, then write the letter of the correct photo next to each animal's name. ANSWERS ON PAGE 49 1. Katydid 2. Leaf-tailed gecko 3. Rattlesnake 4. Stick insect 5. Netted pug (moth) 6. Puma 7. Bush cricket 8. False stonefish…

DINOSAUR SUPERSTARS (page 17) 1-B; 2-D; 3-A; 4-E, 5-C. GET TO KNOW AMARI (page 37) 1-Peters; 2-Thirteen; 3-Quinton; 4-Weredragon. MONSTER MATCH (page 40-41) CROSSWORD (page 42) WHAT IN THE WORLD? (page 43) Top row: FISH, PUMPKIN, ORANGE. Middle row: CARROTS, GOLDEN LION TAMARIN, CORAL. Bottom row: TRAFFIC CONES, SEA STAR, PAPAYA. Bonus: IT WASN'T PEELING WELL! BRAIN BOOSTERS (page 44–45) FEATHERY FUN 3 and 6 are only shown once. FACT OR FIB? A-FIB, it's 34; B-FACT; C-FIB, it's 87; D-FIB, it's 45; E-FACT; F-FACT; G-FIB, it's 54; H-FIB, it's 83. MUSICAL MIX-UP 1-TRUMPET; 2-KEYBOARD; 3-FLUTE; 4-PIANO; 5-GUITAR. DINO MATCH 2 is the correct shadow. MEGA SUDOKU SPELLING CHALLENGE 1-ELEPHANT; 2-MONKEY; 3-HORSE; 4-GIRAFFE; 5-ZEBRA; 6-SNAKE; 7-TURTLE; 8-DOLPHIN; 9-KANGAROO; 10-PARROT; 11-TIGER; 12-GORILLA; 13-CHAMELEON; 14-BABOON; 15-HYENA. EMOJI MESSAGE A HAMSTER'S TEETH NEVER STOP…