Natural History, published by China National Geographic magazine, is the first monthly comprehensive knowledge of nature and humanities for teenagers in China, and has been well received by readers since its publication. Natural History is the youth version of chinese national geography, and its slogan is: "Learning makes dreams come true, knowledge changes life". It advocates the revival of natural history, guides students to practice, go into nature, seek knowledge, seek knowledge, and establish rich life ideals. Understanding and exploring nature, broadening one's horizons and increasing one's knowledge and insight are the common needs of all mankind and the strongest and indispensable needs of teenagers. However, with the development of human society, in more and more modern cities, the environment for teenagers to grow up is getting farther and farther away from nature. Under the pressure of heavy homework, they have no chance to contact and understand the beauty of nature that can touch us, and they have little chance to experience the fun and beauty of exploring nature.

In view of this, at the beginning of the publication of Natural History on June 5438+ 10, 2004, Li Shuanke, the president of China National Geographic Magazine, set a direction for natural history: leading children to "walk the Wan Li Road, enjoy the future scenery, read thousands of books and have lofty aspirations". In content editing, natural history tells young readers about the wonders of astronomy, geography, biology, history and many other fields equally in the form of pictures and texts, which narrows the distance between classroom and extracurricular, fully enjoys the fun brought by knowledge, becomes a useful supplement and extension of middle school textbooks, and is a bridge between young people and science and nature.

Providing positive, positive, beneficial and interesting content is the principle of natural history editing. At the same time, the editor realized that it is more important to cultivate children's interest in nature and science and form the spirit of independent thinking and exploration than to let children learn specific knowledge rigidly. In the process of interacting with readers, editors think that children's ideas should be fully affirmed and analyzed scientifically. The whimsy put forward by children now seems strange, even naive, or unreasonable, but we must advocate the spirit of children's thinking, and the new world must come from exploration.

Xu, editor-in-chief of Natural History magazine, said that natural history and readers will always be in an equal communication position, that is, we will communicate what we know with what children know and are interested in, and we will reflect the relevant content in the magazine to tell the fun of natural science in a way that children like, easy to read and contain knowledge. At the same time, the Natural History Society of Natural History also organizes students to participate in some scientific investigations, which is quite interesting. "Natural History" hopes that such activities can make the knowledge in books better combined in practice and open up new fields. Every activity has experts to guide students, and there will be very standardized guidance from plants and animals, which is very helpful for children to absorb knowledge.

Now people say that the competition in 2 1 century is the competition of talents, and the competition of countries is the competition of national quality. Natural history hopes to help teenagers deepen their understanding and respect for nature, discover and appreciate the fun of nature and life, and go further on the road of science and life with the spirit of thinking and exploration. Just like Li Shuanke's message to natural history: knowledge, experience and insight are the elements to realize the dream of life. I hope that natural history magazine can become an endless source of life dreams for young friends.