What on Earth! Magazine

What on Earth! Magazine, published in partnership with Encyclopaedia Britannica, is the UK’s fastest-growing children’s magazine, helping curious kids fall in love with reading, knowledge and learning. Covering all their favourite topics – from space, animals and the natural world, to history, machines and inventions – each issue is bursting with amazing facts, photos, quizzes, puzzles, jokes and more!

SNAP IT! • Astonishing photos from around the world

How to chat… CRAB & LOBSTER • Crustaceans, such as crabs and lobsters, can be quite chatty if you know what to listen for. They don’t speak to each other using their voices - instead, they make ‘cracking’ sounds.

Eureka • The latest astonishing discoveries, inventions and scientific breakthroughs.

GET MOVING! • Hop, skip, run and dance through this journey into the human body. Find out why exercise is so good for you, how your muscles and bones work, and bust five fitness myths!

WHY YOUR BODY LOVES TO MOVE…

EXERCISE FOR EVERY BODY

MAP IT

PUZZLES & GAMES! • Inside this 16-page activity section, you will find quizzes to do, puzzles to solve and fun activities to try. And don‘t worry if you get stuck - all the answers are on page 34.

EYE DON’T BELIEVE IT! • Amazing optical illusions that trick your brain…

The deepest caves on Earth! • Caves can form in different ways: when water dissolves rock, when lava tunnels through the ground, or when earthquakes split rocks apart. Let’s explore the longest, deepest and most spectacular…

NOBODY KNOWS! • Alexander the Great built one of the largest empires the ancient world had ever seen. When he died in 323 BCE, his body was placed in a golden coffin and taken to Egypt. But as for where Alexander the Great’s tomb lies today…

Cute FACTopia! • Do you love all things cute and cuddly? What about the strange and bizarre? Step into a world of fluffy, fascinating facts adapted from Cute FACTopia!, the brilliant new book by Kate Olesin.

WORD UP! • Your guide to the wonderful world of linguistics and languages. THIS MONTH… being multilingual!

THE BIG QUESTIONS

Inspiring fun runners Zeki and Romy lead the way! • How two What on Earth! readers starred in a charity 10 km run held in memory of their mum.

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Jokes & Riddles