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.
BIRD BRAIN Skipper Blue is ringing in a victory—the macaw holds the record for placing the most rings around a target in one minute. For weeks the parrot practiced picking up small, plastic rings with her beak and dropping them over a wooden and metal pole. Then during the record attempt Skipper Blue plopped 19 rings around the target. Nobody can accuse this bird of winging it. PUZZLE PEOPLE Jigsaw puzzle pieces come in many different shapes and colors. This one’s pink—and made up of people! Nearly 550 employees of a company in Germany, most wearing pink sweatshirts, gathered to break the record for largest human jigsaw puzzle piece. To show people where to stand, organizers drew the jigsaw piece’s shape in the grass. Then the puzzle participants took their…
What would happen if Earth’s continents had never broken apart? It’d be a bad break for humans. Around 200 million years ago, Earth had just one giant landmass called Pangaea. Over time the movement of large plates that make up the outer layer of Earth’s crust broke Pangaea into several continents, which slowly drifted to their current locations. If Earth’s land had stayed one big continent, moisture from the ocean would dry before reaching the area’s vast interior, likely making it desertlike. Reptiles often thrive in dry conditions. So if Pangaea still existed, it might be overrun with them. Hope you like lizards! What would happen if you owned an invisibility cloak? Scientists are actually researching whether it s possible to manufacture invisible materials that can be used to create…
FROZEN FOOD WHAT Chilly chilieating contest WHERE Hangzhou, China DETAILS Hot or cold? How about both! Participants in this contest tried to eat as many hot peppers as they couldwhile sitting in barrels of ice water. The winner ate 62 peppers in three minutes and earned a gold bar as his trophy. Bet he’ll never order hot sauce again. SUNBATHING POTATOES WHAT Tater art WHERE Berlin, Germany DETAILS These aren’t couch potatoes—they’re beach potatoes! An artist fitted the veggies with tiny plastic sunglasses, then placed them under mini paper umbrellas on a beach-like patch of dirt. Talk about an a-peel-ing art project.…
GREAT-GREAT GRANDPA PLANET You’re floating above one of the most extraordinary planets you’ve ever visited: PSR B1620-26b. It doesn’t look particularly unusual—it’s a giant gas planet similar to Jupiter. But it was “born” about 13 billion years ago and is the oldest planet ever discovered. In fact it’s nearly as old as the universe itself! You position your spacecraft to get a view of the pair of suns rising over the planet’s horizon. PSR B1620-26b didn’t always have sister suns. For 10 billion years this planet circled a single yellow sun. But then one of the planet’s neighbors—another star— exploded in a blaze of light. The explosion left behind a tinier star called a neutron star. Neutron stars are small, but they have strong gravitational pulls.…
ACCORDING to some PEOPLE, CANADA’S $100 BANKNOTE gives off the scent of MAPLE SYRUP. BELARUS DIDN’T CIRCULATE ITS OWN COINS UNTIL 2016. In 1917, ROMANIA ISSUED A BANKNOTE that was about the size of a POSTAGE STAMP. COINS CREATED IN 1616 FOR WHAT IS NOW BERMUDA WERE NICKNAMED “HOGGIES” BECAUSE THEY PICTURED HOGS. IN FEBRUARY 2015 SCUBA DIVERS OFF ISRAEL FOUND OVER 2 , 600 GOLD COINS DATING BACK AS FAR AS THE 9TH CENTURY. A BRITISH ARTIST MADE A DRESS OUT OF USED BANKNOTES FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THE U.S. BUREAU of ENGRAVING and PRINTING PRODUCES around 7.1 MILLION BANKNOTES A YEAR. 3-CENT COINS CIRCULATED IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 1851 TO 1889.…
JOAN OF ARC French heroine Joan of Arc was one of the world’s first female military leaders. Find out more about the life of this legend. START ca 1412 Joan of Arc is born into a family of farmers in the village of Domrémy, France. She likely spends her days taking care of animals and sewing. 1415-1422 English troops invade France and force French king Charles VI to name England’s Henry V as France’s next king. Following Henry V’s death, young Joan begins to have visions telling her she can save her country by restoring the throne to Charles VI’s son, Charles VII. April 1429 Teenage Joan—dressed like a man—visits Charles VII, demanding that he let her fight on his behalf. Although he realizes she’s a woman, he agrees, allowing…
