National Geographic Kids magazine - the perfect balance between learning and fun! A must-have for children ages 6 and up. Each issue is packed with colorful photos, games, puzzles, fun features and facts about animals, science, technology, and more.
MALE KANGAROOS THEIR ARM FLEX MUSCLES TO FEMALES. IMPRESS SOME KINDS OF APPLES ARE PINK ON THE INSIDE. A billboard in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, stretches the length of 9 basketball courts. GIANT CUTTLEFISH have BAGEL-SHAPED BRAINS. HERDS OF BUFFALO-SIZE RODENTS ONCE ROAMED SOUTH AMERICA. Caribou release an odor ankles from their when threatened. One indoor soccer match in Alberta, Canada, lasted for 30 hours.…
TEDDY BEAR BREAKS THE BANK! How much would you pay for a teddy bear? One man paid $2.1 million in 2000 for one, making it the most valuable vintage (that means really old) teddy bear. The bear comes with a designer coat and hat, plus a backup outfit and a miniature suitcase. Visitors can see the stuffed toy on display at the Teddy Bear Museum in South Korea. This fancy bear’s just for looking—not for snuggling. MAN HAS CAR ON HIS BRAIN If you told John Evans that fame had gone to his head, he’d probably say “Thanks!” The man with the 24-inch neck (about 8 inches bigger than an average man’s) holds the record for the heaviest car ever balanced on the head. With help from a crane that…
1 The minute hand London’s on Big Ben clock travels about 118 miles a year. 2 The 50 tallest mountains in the world are all in Asia.. 3 The surface of the Ocean Atlanticsaltier is than the surface of the Pacific Ocean. 4 About two-thirds of all known tornadoes in the world occur in the United States. 5 The Great Wall ofChina spans roughly 13,000 miles—that’s almost twice as long as the continent of Africa. BIG WINNER! Congratulations to the 2016 National Geographic Bee champion, Rishi Nair, 12, from Seffner, Florida. He won a $50,000 college scholarship, a trip to Alaska, and a lifetime membership to the National Geographic Society. Go online to learn more about the Nat Geo Bee. natgeokids.com/geobee Ask your teacher to register your school for the…
1 KNOCKOUT Growing to be as long as a giraffe is tall, a giant saltwater crocodile has an appetite that’s as big as its body. To snag prey, a “saltie” first knocks out its target with its powerful tail, then drags its victim underwater until it drowns. 2 BEAR IT The grizzly bear is a speedy and stealthy hunter, preying on animals as tiny as a mouse and as large as a moose. Supersharp, curved claws help the bear trap prey while its strong teeth tear its meals to shreds. 3 TRUE COLORS The bold colors on a poison dart frog—found in the rain forests of Central and South America—tell predators to watch out. Smaller than a paper clip, this red-and-blue amphibian oozes poison through its sticky skin. 4 SHOCKING…
PAPER PLANE POWER Give your paper airplanes an energy boost. The motorized propeller and rudder of the PowerUp 3.0 clips onto your folded flier and is controlled with a smartphone app. Just fire up the app and use the on-screen controls to start the propeller. Then toss up the plane and watch it soar. You can change the flight path by tilting your smartphone in different directions. The app detects the phone’s angle and prompts the rudder to steer the plane in the same direction. The PowerUp 3.0 runs for about 10 minutes on a single charge. With this gadget powering your planes, the fun will really take off. SHOWERHEAD SPEAKER Enjoy singing in the shower? Now you can belt out tunes to music coming straight from above. The Moxie…
First cooked up in Thailand, pad thai loosely translates to “Thai-style frying.” Found in restaurants worldwide, the meal can also be bought at practically any roadside stand in Thailand. Now that’s a tasty road trip! It’s a custom for people to eat RICE NOODLES on their birthday in some Asian countries. The average SHRIMP has 10 legs. To many people, the herb CILANTRO tastes like soap. Buddhist monks ate TOFU as part of their vegetarian diets as far back as 200 B.C. SCALLIONS are used in some places to treat the common cold. COLLECT BADGES! Go online to earn your Food badge. natgeokids.com/badges COOLTHINGS ABOUT THAILAND Muay Thai boxing, Thailand’s national sport, is known as “the art of eight limbs ” The country’s national symbol is…
