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Dear Educator:Imagine seeing dancing lemurs, watching a baby iguana scuttle up a tree, or hearing a National Geo-graphic explorer tell her own story. Now you can!

This month, I am so excited to announce our new interactive editions. In these robust, engaging editions, students don’t just read an article—they experience it. Chock full of videos, audio, photographs, and interactive graphics, the interactive editions add a new level of engagement to the issue. The interactive editions are also accessible on computer and mobile devices, including tablets, to support your 21st century classroom.Starting in March, I invite you to check out the free sample of this month’s issue at ngsp.com, then place your order for the 2012-2013 school year.I know you’ll be just as excited as we are!

Shelby AlinskyDigital and Curriculum Editor, National Geographic Explorer

March 2012

National Geographic Young Explorer March 2012

Standards inthis IssueGot Potion?(Teacher’s Guide pages T1-T7)• Scientific progress is made by asking mean-ingful questions and making careful observa-tions.• Objects and living things are alike and differ-ent.• Objects and living things are classified by characteristics. • Different types of animals inhabit Earth.

Zapped!(Teacher’s Guide pages T8-T13)• Seasonal change and weather have an affect on the activities and life processes of all living things.• Earth has four seasons.• Weather conditions change seasonally.

A Maze of Rock(Teacher’s Guide pages T14-T20)• Different types of animals inhabit Earth.• Living things grow, change, and reproduce.

Look for these icons throughout the lesson: Interactive Whiteboard Lesson (see prometheanplanet.com/nationalgeo-graphicexplorer) Look for parts of this activity in the free IWB lesson. Projectable Edition (see ngyoungexplorer.org) Use the projectable edition of this issue to enhance this activity. Website (see ngyoungexploer.org) This activity refers to a resource on the website.

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Dear Educator:

Imagine seeing dancing lemurs, watching a baby

iguana scuttle up a tree, or hearing a National

Geographic explorer tell her own story.

Now you can!

This month, I am so excited to announce our new

interactive editions. In these robust, engaging

editions, students don’t just read an article—they

experience it.

Chock full of videos, audio, photographs, and

interactive graphics, the interactive editions add a

new level of engagement to the issue.

The interactive editions are also accessible on

computer and mobile devices, including tablets, to

support your 21st century classroom.

Starting in March, I invite you to check out the free

sample of this month’s issue at ngsp.com, then

place your order for the 2012-2013 school year.

I know you’ll be just as excited as we are!

Shelby Alinsky

Digital and Curriculum Editor,

National Geographic Explorer

March 2012

National Geographic Young Explorer March 2012

Standards inthis Issue

Looking at Lemurs

(Teacher’s Guide pages T1-T7)

• Scientific progress is made by asking

meaningful questions and making careful

observations.

• Objects and living things are alike and

different.

• Objects and living things are classified by

characteristics.

• Different types of animals inhabit Earth.

Change Is in the Air

(Teacher’s Guide pages T8-T13)

• Seasonal change and weather have an affect

on the activities and life processes of all living

things.

• Earth has four seasons.

• Weather conditions change seasonally.

Hatched!

(Teacher’s Guide pages T14-T20)

• Different types of animals inhabit Earth.

• Living things grow, change, and reproduce.

Look for these icons throughout the lesson:

Interactive Whiteboard Lesson

(see prometheanplanet.com/

nationalgeographicexplorer)

Look for parts of this activity in the free

IWB lesson.

Projectable Edition

(see ngyoungexplorer.org)

Use the projectable edition of this issue

to enhance this activity.

Website (see ngyoungexploer.org)

This activity refers to a resource on the

website.

e-edition

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