Issue 309 - May 2021

MiniMag

The Magazine for Kids

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Hi MiniMaggers!
Mother’s – who are these wonderful humans who dedicate their lives to making sure we reach our fullest potential? They are heroes who make sacrifices every day to ensure our well-being, safety and above all, make us feel loved. Their warmth and reass
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MiniMag2 min readMathematics
Scifest Afruca
HAS GONE VIRTUAL! Since 1996, Scifest Africa has been educating and enlightening its audiences, offering a crucial doorway into the world of Science, Technology, Innovation, Engineering and Mathematics for young people. Scifest Africa identifies and
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Which Character Are You?
1. Cut out the square template around the white dotted line.2. Fold two opposite corners of printed side together to form a triangle.3. Unfold. Repeat with the other opposite corners.4. Unfold. Turn paper printed side down. Fold all four corners to t
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Word Warrior Competition 2021
He is back … and you are invited to spend some time with Detective Nkomba! Enter the Word Warrior 2021 Competition NOW! Show us the end result of your in-depth interview in a written piece of no longer than three pages. 1. Set the scene: are you a ta
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Picture Sudoku
Fill in the blanks using the same pictures as the set below. When you finish, there should be only one of each picture in a row and in each column! ANSWER: 6:1, 7:3, 8:5, 9:4, 10:2, 11:3, 12:4, 13:3, 14:1 Sudoku helps to develop quick-thinking skills
MiniMag3 min readChemistry
Easy Science
It is time to get to know some of the most popular elements on our planet a little better. Nitrogen is the seventh element on the periodic table. Nitrogen atoms love to team up side by side to form N2 at most conditions on earth. This tasteless, colo
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PERIODIC TABLE Of The ELEMENTS
The Russian chemist, Dmitri Mendeleev, was the first to observe that if elements were listed in order of atomic mass, they showed regular (periodical) repeated properties. He formulated his discovery in a periodic table of elements, now regarded as t
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Fun Elemental Word Game
(see pages 16 and 17) Each element in the periodic table has a unique symbol. Use the symbols to see how many words you can make! You can calculate a score for every word by adding the atomic numbers of all the elements in your word. If you write the
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Join The Meal time Heroes!
Hi, it’s Captain Crisp, Omega Mind and The Incredible Hake! We are your meal time heroes and help Mom be her very own hero too. Since it is Mother’s Day, help her save time by having delicious crispy fish fingers for lunch! They are easy and quick to
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Summer All Year Round
Wouldn’t it be lovely to have summer all year round? About 1 400 different bird species have figured out a way to do this! These migratory birds travel thousands of kilometres without a map, GPS or calendar, but they know exactly when to leave and wh
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South Africa, The Blue Crane’s Only Home
Blue cranes are not dependent on wetlands and this allows them to be more widespread than the other crane species within South Africa. Within South Africa the species can be found in the open grasslands and the grassland/Karoo ecotone. The species is
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Rabbits And Hares
Rabbits dig burrows to provide protection during the day and shelter in cold weather. Hares are larger than rabbits and can run faster. They do not dig burrows but rest in a dip in the grass called a form. Hares depend on speed to escape their enemie
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Eco-Warriors Shine!
Caroline Reid was an ocean conservation warrior who sadly passed away in 2018. She coordinated hundreds of beach and diving clean-ups and was central to the work done in the Durban harbour in 2017 when nurdles leaked out of containers. Plastics|SA la
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The Mail Train
ln the early 1880s, problems were experienced with the transportation of mail between Cape Town and Beaufort West. The mail train was commissioned in 1883. It was a huge success and effected a huge saving in manpower. The mail was loaded and unloaded
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May 2021
BRAND-NEW MOVIE The alien-fighting extravaganza returns! Join Cartoon Network this month as we welcome the incomparable Ben Tennyson back into the fold with a brand-new channel original movie, Ben Gen 10. Since the ten-year-old discovered the mysteri
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What Is Biodiversity?
Biodiversity is all the different living things on Earth. It is the things we need to keep us alive. Everything we need and use every day is dependent on the biodiversity around us. But the biodiversity around us is disappearing as more and more peop

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