Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2018 i National Geographic Kids

Snow leopards can’t roar. ONLY FEMALE BEES STING. A beefalo is part bison and part cow. If you lived for 2.4 billion seconds, you will be 75 years old. You can see colorful autumn leaves from space. If you continued to GROW as fast as an average baby, you’d weigh about 413,300 pounds by age 10. A zeptosecond is one-billionth of a trillionth of a second. Most spiders have 8 eyes. Some 20,000 YEARS AGO, massive icebergs floated off the coast of Florida. The world’s most expensive TEA BAG was decorated with 280 diamonds and cost around $10,000! CHECK OUT THE BOOK AND APP!…

Wildlife photographers often must use some tricky tactics to get amazing shots. Check out six incredible pictures— and hear straight from the photographers how they used their own sneaky methods to get the pics. SPOTTING JAGUARS PHOTOGRAPHER: Steve Winter ANIMAL: Jaguar LOCATION: Brazil’s Pantanal region “Jaguars are big cats, the third largest in the world, behind lions and tigers. But they’re extremely good at hiding. Unless you’re lucky, you’d never see one in its tropical forest home. So I needed to set a trap—a camera trap—to get a photo of this juvenile. “Camera traps take pic- tures when an animal steps into an invisible beam of light. The tricky part is figur- ing out where to put one. For help, I got advice from scientists who monitored jaguar movements with GPS…

Honeybee drones! Mood glasses! Classrooms that morph into farflung destinations! In the book Explorer Academy: The Nebula Secret, 12-year-old Cruz Coronado and his friends experience this amazing technology at their school for explorers. Check out the real-life science that inspired the gadgets in the book. THE TECH: HEARTMONITORING WRISTBAND HOW IT WORKS IN THE BOOK The students at Explorer Academy wear skinny wristbands called Organic Synchronization (OS) bands that measure their vital signs, which are used as “passwords” to unlock doors. HOW IT WORKS IN REAL LIFE Heart-monitoring ID wristbands actually exist. The Nymi Band was made to use your electrocardiogram—that’s a heartbeat reading, also called an ECG—as your password to unlock computers and open doors. Just put the band on your wrist and press your finger on top, and…

In this excerpt from Explorer Academy: The Nebula Secret, Cruz and his classmates are training in the CAVE, or the Computer Animated Virtual Experience. The ordinary-looking classroom has virtually morphed into Mexico’s Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, and the assignment is to tag monarch butterflies to learn about migration patterns. Things don’t go exactly as planned, though, when Cruz and his friend Sailor encounter illegal loggers. Keep reading to find out what happens next … “I’m not sure it’s a good idea to confront criminals,” Sailor warned Cruz. “Who’s confronting? Our textbook says conservationists are supposed to report things like poaching and illegal hunting and logging to the authorities,” said Cruz.“I’ll take a couple of pictures from a safe distance and turn them in to Professor Gabriel with our assignment.” Sailor’s…

Now use this spiral key to crack codes throughout the magazine. You’ll find a different coded word on pages 12, 14, 20, 24, and 26. Then visit ExplorerAcademy.com/giveaway to learn how you can win an autographed copy of Explorer Academy: The Nebula Secret using the entire secret message! NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Contest begins on or about August 10, 2018, at 12:01 a.m. ET and ends on August 17, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. ET. See Official Rules at ExplorerAcademy.com/giveaway for complete information, including eligibility restrictions, prize descriptions, restrictions, ARVs, and complete details. Void where prohibited. Sponsored by National Geographic Partners, 1145 17th Street NW, Washington, DC, 20036.…

SUPER-STRONG FINGERS How long can you do a handstand? How about a finger-stand? Wang Weibao of China holds the record for the longest time to balance on four fingers (that’s two fingers on each hand), at 19.23 seconds. But Wang isn’t always upside down on his fingers. Sometimes he uses his digits to push himself off the ground from a straight-legged sitting position—with a watermelon in his lap. Hey, we’d be impressed even without the fruit. —Sally King LARGE AND IN CHARGE Cassius behaves the way you’d expect the largest crocodile in captivity to behave. The 18-foot saltwater croc’s diet includes two or three whole chickens a week, plus he lunges at his keepers at Australia’s Marineland Melanesia Zoo. But Cassius also has a soft side. He once “adopted” a…

ALOHA SPIRIT These photos show close-up and faraway views of things you could see in Hawaii. Unscramble the letters to identify what’s in each picture. ANSWERS ON PAGE 35 CHECK OUT THE BOOK!…

1 The Queen of England has a crown studded with more than 3,000 precious gems. 2 Most pirates never buried their loot. 3 A gold nugget found in California weighed a whopping 160 pounds—about as much as 12 bowling balls. 4 Legend says that if you lose a tooth in Mexico, el ratón (the mouse) will leave a treasure under your pillow. 5 A 14-pound pearl was found inside a giant clam. 6 A cornflake shaped like the state of Illinois sold for $1,350. CHECK OUT THE BOOK!…

You’ll need: • Baking soda • Water • Small cup • Paper • Paintbrush • Sponge • Grape juice Step one Mix equal amounts of baking soda and water in a small cup. Step two Write your message on paper using the mixture and the paintbrush. Step three Wait for the paper to dry, then pass the note to your friend. Step four To reveal the message, use a sponge or brush to paint the paper with grape juice. The slight acidity of the juice reacts with the baking soda to reveal your message. GET MORE SPY TRICKS! natgeokids.com/september…