Kids learn how to make a simple electric motor in this great engineering science fair project that teaches them how current generates its own magnetic field.

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

Design a survival kit. Brainstorm various survival scenarios. Address basic human requirements and natural resources. Describe each tool as well uses.

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

The objective of this science fair project it to determine whether adding ethanol alcohol to gasoline slows the run time of a motor.

This craft is an excellent way to learn about African-American history, and it also provides fine motor practice.

Science fair project that designs a video game that requires players to use relevant skills.

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

Summer is a great time to work on pre-kindergarten skills that will serve your child well in her first year at school, while having some fun in the sun!

Help your middle schooler improve his observation skills by playing this simple observation and spatial memorization game.

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how:

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

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

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

This bread mold experiment will help your child learn about mold, and he'll develop important hypothesis-making and experiment-designing skills.

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

Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

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

Test your skills as a weather forecaster, and learn some science terms on the way!

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Determine the effect of reading aloud on memory skills. Prepare a list of randomly chosen words, ask volunteers to recall as many as possible from the list.

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.