Coming in May
• Discover how an animal stays cool in a hot desert.
• Follow bees as they buzz from flower to flower.
• Drip, plop, splash! See how words make the sounds of a rain shower.
Explorer VOL. 10 NO. 6 DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Vice President and Publisher: Francis Downey Executive Editor: Richard Easby Creative Director: Karen Thompson Young Explorer Editor: Corinne Rucker Explorer Editor: Brenna Maloney Permissions Editor: Jean Cantu Production Specialist: Dreama Karnes-Bynane
Manufacturing & Quality Management: Rachel Faulise
Director of Production: Nicole Elliott
PUBLISHED BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUNG EXPLORER (ISSN 1930-8116) is published seven times during the school year— September, October, November– December, January–February, March, April, May—by National Geographic Society, 1145 17th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036. Postmaster: Please send address changes to NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUNG EXPLORER, PO Box 37863 Boone, IA 50037-28633. Periodical postage paid at Washington, D.C., and additional mailing offices.
To subscribe:
In the U.S., call 1-888-915-3276 In Australia, + 61 2 8003 3011 In Canada, 1-800-268-2222 In China, + 86 10 6489 7629 In Hong Kong, + 852 2750 8978 In India, + 91 982 031 0063 In Malaysia, + 65 6513 8878 In Singapore, + 65 6513 8878 In South Korea, + 82 2 708 2573
Copyright © 2016 National Geographic Society. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of the whole or any part of the contents of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUNG EXPLORER without written permission is prohibited. National Geographic, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUNG EXPLORER, and the Yellow Border are trademarks of the National Geographic Society.
PICTURE CREDITS COVER: © ANDY ROUSE/NPL/MINDEN PICTURES; PAGES 2-3 © CHRIS MATTISON/AGE FOTOSTOCK; PAGES 4-9 (BACKGROUND) NATSA/ SHUTTERSTOCK; PAGE 4 (TOP) © P & R FOTOS/AGE FOTOSTOCK; PAGE 4 (BOTTOM) VASILY VISHNEVSKIY/SHUTTERSTOCK; PAGE 5 (TOP) KAJORNYOT/SHUTTERSTOCK; PAGE 5 (BOTTOM) © PIOTR NASKRECKI/MINDEN PICTURES; PAGE 6 (TOP) © ALBERT DE WILDE/BUITEN-BEELD/ MINDEN PICTURES; PAGE 6 (BOTTOM) © JURGEN FREUND/
NATUREPL.COM; PAGE 7 © SUE FLOOD/
NATUREPL.COM; PAGE 8 MINT IMAGES- FRANS LANTING/GETTY IMAGES; PAGE 9 INGO ARNDT/
NATUREPL.COM; PAGES 10-11 MADLEN/SHUTTERSTOCK; PAGE 12 JOHNNIE PAKINGTON/ GETTY IMAGES; PAGES 12-15 (BORDER) ANDREY KUZMIN/SHUTTERSTOCK; PAGES 12-13 © 68/ALISON MIKSCH/OCEAN/CORBIS; PAGE 13 © FUNKYSTOCK/AGE FOTOSTOCK; PAGE 14 © BIG CHEESE PHOTO LLC/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; PAGE 15 SINGKHAM/SHUTTERSTOCK; PAGES 16-17 © GERALD NOWAK/AGE FOTOSTOCK; PAGE 18 © KEVIN SCHAFER/NHPA/PHOTOSHOT; PAGES 18-19 © DOUG PERRINE/
SEAPICS.COM; PAGES 20-21 © PETE ATKINSON/GETTY IMAGES; PAGE 22 © MASA USHIODA/
COOLWATERPHOTO.COM; PAGE 23 © J. W. ALKER/AGE FOTOSTOCK; PAGE 24 EDWIN BUTTER/SHUTTERSTOCK.
Cover: a Galapagos green turtle 2/16/QGL/1 ISBN: 9781337083904
Find your online Teacher’s Guide, interactive whiteboard lessons, and digital editions at
ngexplorer.cengage.com.
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24