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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!

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

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

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

Show your preschooler how to create a simple windsock using a colorful piece of tissue paper, a pipe cleaner, and yarn.

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

Here's a way to make history both interesting and relevant: design a garden using plants that were used by people in colonial times!

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering her materials outside, and then using them to create a piece of art!

Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.

Did you know that August is American Artist Month? Your child can explore the art of photography by using a digital camera to capture the landscape around her.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

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.

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.

Take to the air with science by experimenting with helicopter seeds right in your own backyard!

Grow borax crystals and get your child excited about Earth science with this crafty science experiment.

Science fair project that determines whether windmills can be designed so that birds will not feed on them. Will they discriminate between different patterns?

Your child can use leaves and grass to create his own outdoor art in celebration of Earth Day...all he needs are is the great outdoors and some creativity!

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

Discover the wonders of simple clay by pressing flowers into a modeling medium!