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.
The air around a lightning strike is 5 times hotter than the sun. IF THE LONGEST BLUE WHALE COULD STAND ON ITS TAIL, TALL IT WOULD BE AS AS A 10-STORY BUILDING. Americans eat 7 billion hot dogs between Memorial Day and Labor Day. ALL THE MINED GOLD IN THE WORLD CAN FILL TWO OLYMPIC-SIZE SWIMMING POOLS. The average dream lasts about 20 minutes. A group of jellyfish is called a smack. THE LONGEST RAW EGG TOSS WAS 107 YARDS—LONGER THAN A SOCCER FIELD. A BRITISH CANDY- MAKER ONCE CREATED A NINE- AND-A-HALF- FOOT-TALL BILLBOARD MADE ENTIRELY OF CHOCOLATE. Texas is the only state that allows residents to vote from space. GET MORE! Book and App…
BIG BUNNY Darius is no ordinary bunny—he’s more than four feet long! This furry creature holds the record for the longest rabbit. Darius is a Flemish giant rabbit, a breed known for its size. What does a giant rabbit eat? In addition to his meals, which consist of rabbit chow, three apples, and a head of cabbage, Darius snacks on—what else?—carrots, up to 12 a day. SUPER TALL Photographers may have needed a special lens when the woman with the longest recorded legs met the onetime shortest-known man who could walk, He Pingping. Four feet four inches of Svetlana Pankratova’s six-foot-five-inch frame are just legs. Unsurprisingly, Pankratova did what a lot of tall people do in school: She played on the basketball team. UNDERWATER CAR Soon you may not need…
1 The word “volcano” comes from the Roman name of the f ire god, Vulcan. 2 The air trapped inside an can be thousands of years old. 3 It would take a stack of more than 100 000 to reach the layer of Earth’s atmosphere. 4 Cheetah ancestors roamed North America four million about years ago. 5 Nearly 7000 , dif ferent languagesare spoken worldwide. BIG WINNER! Congratulations to the 2017 National Geographic Bee champion, Pranay Varada, 14, from Carrollton, Texas. He won a $50,000 college scholarship, a trip to the Galápagos Islands, 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 2018 Bee by January 2018.…
FLOATING ISLAND You’d want to be stranded on this island. Modeled after a large species of lilypad that drifts down the Amazon River, the Lilypad floating ecopolis is designed to float along the ocean. This man-made habitat would feature homes and shops structured around a lagoon that could collect rain for drinking water. Fueled in part by wind and solar power, the island concept could provide up to 50,000 residents with an eco-friendly home—and the ultimate oceanfront view. GLOVES GIVE CONCERT These gloves hit the right notes. Sensors inside the fingertips detect when you press on a hard surface and send a signal to a speaker to produce the same musical notes created by hitting piano keys. Tap out a tune with your hands side by side. Then move your…
GIRL CAN’T SINK WHAT Waterwalkerz Ball WHERE Moscow, Russia DETAILS No need for superpowers to walk, spin, or flip on water. At Ostanskinsky Pond, a visitor rented a Waterwalkerz Ball, a gigantic plastic globe that floats on the water’s surface. While inside, she romped around—no swimsuit required. TRANSFORMER INVADES CITY WHAT Transformer Statue WHERE London, England DETAILS To promote the DVD release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, a movie studio transformed the city’s iconic “bendy buses” into, well, a Transformer. (A bendy bus is basically two buses attached so they can bend in the middle.) Towering 13 feet tall, the Transformer was constructed out of real bus parts. WOMAN TURNS INTO SODA MACHINE WHAT Human Vending Machine WHERE Tokyo, Japan DETAILS How do you hide if a monster is…
CAT WORKS AT TRAIN STATION Huddersfield, England When Andrew McClements inspects the Huddersfield Railway Station, he’s accompanied by an unusual co-worker—a fluffy cat named Felix. The blackand-white feline has served as the train station’s Senior Pest Controller since 2011, keeping the site clear of pigeons and mice. “The staff considers Felix a member of the team,” McClements says. “She even has a little uniform and a badge.” Felix has her own nook in the office and a cat-flap she can enter and exit through. What’s more, she has a kitty bed there—but she prefers napping on shelves, desks, and on top of printers. Felix isn’t usually asleep on the job though. McClements says he’s never once spotted a mouse on the Huddersfield platform. “So Felix must be doing something right!”…
