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In this design challenge, your child will make a bottle rocket using typical household items.

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

Science fair project that determines whether wireless networks damage living plants. Are WiFi radiation hazardous to your health?

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

Cinnamon is tasty, but does it have super powers as well? Find out if cinnamon can repel mosquitoes in this outdoorsy experiment.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Determine the relationship between the speed of a sound and the temperature of the air it passes through.

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

This activity is a great way to stretch the boundaries of your child's imagination and build up important critical thinking skills.

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

Learn how to make a hygrometer to measure relative humidity in this project. Make a sling psychrometer hygrometer with gauze, thermometers, and a bottle.

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

Did you know magnifying glasses are magic? This hands-on activity has kids using magnifying glasses to engage with the world around them and look close to examine what they find.

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

Take a closer look at the soil that surrounds us, and give your child a lesson in Geology 101!

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

Can you think of a way of cleaning dirty water using the sun? In this activity, you will be making a "solar still" that is able to do just that!

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

In this activity, find out who the flowers' "partners in crime" are by being a flower spy!

In this plant habitats activity, children play the role of an ecologist and take surveys of different areas to discover the best habitat for dandelions.

Hunt for natureâs treasure, the many different products made by trees!

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!