Issue 324 - August 2022

MiniMag

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Hi MiniMaggers!
The August winds are in the air and with the changes of the weather, come many changes for us too. We are officially in the second half of 2022, which, depending on how your year has been going, has either felt like an eternity or like it has flown b
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Paws Of Fury The Legend Of Hank
A down-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats who need a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's evil plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant trainer, the underdog must assume the role of fearsome samu
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It’s Time For Oti’s Dance Class!
There are lots of children in Oti’s dance class – and lots of feelings, too. Meet Fikile in her sparkly new shoes and Naira who is SUPER excited to get started! Gan is feeling a little worried about joining in whilst Martin can’t wait to show his par
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The Taming Of Cats
Cats probably began living near human settlements to catch the rats and mice that were feeding on stored grain. People soon saw that cats were useful and encouraged them to remain. Nobody knows when cats first started living with humans, but it was p
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The Domestication Of Dogs
The dog family, called Canidae from canis (Latin for dog), includes at least 35 species of living wolves, jackals, foxes and wild dogs. All domestic dog breeds have descended from the wolf, first tamed by humans thousands of years ago. Dog family mem
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Best Birthday Ever
He is accustomed to having his parents' undivided attention, however, that changes when his baby sister, Clara, is born. He must play second fiddle, go without his usual bedtime stories and learn to be a good big brother to her. Little Charlie tries
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EduQuest
Extracts for this EduQuest were taken from the Dorling Kindersley EYEWITNESS CAT and Dorling Kindersley EYEWITNESS DOG
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Super-pets Story
KRYPTO THE SUPERDOG prides himself on being Superman’s superpowered best friend – he can fly and has X-ray vision, heat vision, “freeze” breath and super hearing, just like his two-legged Kryptonian counterpart. Sarcastic ACE THE BAT-HOUND has spent
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Wonderful Water
Have you ever drunk dinosaur pee? “Yuk! Of course not,” you say. But what if the same water you used to brush your teeth this morning was once, 170 million years ago, drank by a Giganotosaurus? Join EasyScience as we explore the wonders of water! Did
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The BUZZ On Honey
The queen bee is the only fertile female in a colony. She is surrounded by workers who feed and groom her and her only function is to lay eggs; she lays about 2 000 a day, one at a time. She lives three to five years. When the queen dies worker bees
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Solar Distillation Can save Lives!
Have you heard about the trend where people practice their survival skills? YouTubers and TikTokkers around the world post videos of themselves building shelters, growing their own food and purifying water. Would you be able to purify water in case o
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Rain
The Sun’s heat causes moisture from oceans and lakes to evaporate into the air, forming water vapour. The vapour rises, cools and condenses (turns into liquid) into tiny water droplets, which form clouds. If the clouds continue to absorb moisture, th
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The Cape Gannet: An endangered beauty
This beautiful sea bird’s body is specifically adapted to shoot into the water like a missile. They dive into the sea, head-first, at a neck braking speed of 85km/h! Why would a Cape Gannet dive? To catch sardines and anchovies, their favourite food
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Rebuilding Through Recycling!
Spring is around the corner and so is clean-up time! This is the ideal time to turn your attention and efforts to cleaning up our environment. Every piece of litter that is carelessly discarded, eventually makes its way down rivers and streams to our
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The Water Cycle
The water on Earth is constantly recycled between the oceans, land and atmosphere. The water cycle, or hydrological cycle, is driven by the Sun’s heat. Life-giving rain feeds streams, rivers and lakes. It waters plants so they can grow, and gives ani
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Snow
Snow forms in clouds high in the atmosphere, where it is so cold, water droplets freeze into ice crystals. The ice crystals collide and join together to make bigger crystals. When the crystals get too heavy to float, they fall to the ground as snowfl
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Clouds
When the Sun shines on seas and lakes, some of the water in them evaporates into the warm air. If air currents blow the warm air over land and it rises over mountains, or if cold air pushes beneath the warm air and forces it upwards, then the warm ai
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Hail
Hail forms in cumulonimbus (storm) clouds that contain powerful, vertical air currents. Water droplets in the clouds freeze and are whirled up and down. Each time a hailstone is tossed upwards to the frozen cloud top, a new layer of ice forms around
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Bees for Africa
If one were to judge people based on their feeling about bees, there would be very little ambivalence; on one end of a continuum there are people who fear and hate them passionately while on the other end there are those who revere them and a few in
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August 2022
CARTOON NETWORK WOMEN’S DAY STUNT When the going gets tough, the girls get going! This Women's Day line-up is action and superhero packed with Girl Power Go! From a crazy girl’s night out with Starfire and Raven in Teen Titans Go! to your favourite s
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Creating a World for All Ages
International Youth Day is celebrated annually on 12 August and focuses on the difficulties that some young people experience all around the world. Half of children between the ages of six and 13 lack basic reading and maths skills. International You
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August 2022
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