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Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Help your child hunt and capture bugs to observe to practice important science skills and satisfy her curiosity simultaneously!

There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs they can think of, then they'll add antennae so they can pretend to be a bug!

Wonder why bugs always fly around your lights at night? This experiment determines whether insects are attracted to the heat or the light.

Do you have your isopods straight? Learn about sow bug and pill bug behavior by building a terrarium to study them in!

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

Demonstrate that insects observe colors and choose favorites. Place colored pieces of construction paper on a flat, glassy surface, observe bug preference.

Boys might wrinkle their noses at the thought of gardening, but we guarantee they'll like this activity! Make a recycled terrarium full of bug-eating plants.

Can you plant the insect-attracting borage plant to increase the amount of beneficial insects in your garden? Find out in this experiment!

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

Examine the impact of insecticides on plant growth.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Have you ever seen fruit decay? Find out if a fruit will rot faster if you open it versus leaving it untouched!

What is surface tension? Kids will discover how water-skating insects use surface tension to keep from sinking by making a model water walker.

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.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Wiggly worms are known for staying buried in the soil, but how does that affect plants? Are earthworms and plant growth related?

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

This study observes plants, insects and an animal living in proximity to a known source of EMF.

In this free science fair project idea, we learn about surface tension and how it can support mass—in this case, a floating paper clip.

Determine whether carpet placed on a lawn will kill grass and weeds. Choose an area of lawn that you would like to remove, record grass that is dead or dying.

Soil is made up of different layers. How far down do you need to dig to find the soil horizon, or the place where bits of leaves and branches become soil?

A project to reinforce learning about the layers of the rainforest, rain forest ecosystem, and the greenhouse effect.

What is biodiversity? Kids will study different areas of their backyards to see which is the most diverse to learn about biodiversity and random sampling.

In this art project, budding entomologists will create a larger than life, moveable puppet version of a praying mantis.

Science fair project that examines the biodiversity of ant populations in various locations.