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Your child can create his very own pine forest covered in snow and learn some forest vocabulary too!

Learn how to make a food pyramid with animals in a a coniferous forest ecosystem around your home.

Climates with more snowfall have more coniferous forests and fewer deciduous ? Learn about how pine trees in a coniferous forest adapted to withstand snow.

Put together a pine forest to help you count down the days until Christmas with your little one.

In this experiment, young ecologists will learn about a type of edge effect: how trees and plants at the edge of a forest can act as a weed filter.

Summer is a good time to teach children about other kinds of community helpers, such as lifeguards, forest rangers, and librarians. This activity is a fun way to get them introduced!

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.

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

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

What are buttress roots? In this fun science project, make a model of a rainforest tree and learn how they help trees survive in the tropical rainforest!

Make a string art tree to celebrate the holiday season with your kid. This string art tree craft allows you make a unique decoration using simple ingredients.

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

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?

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

Bend, twist, squish and press a paper bag into a tree! Once it's finished, your child's Halloween tree will look like it came right out of a scary fairy tale.

Combine rhymes, riddles and poetry with a terse verse! What do you call floral electricity? Flower Power!

Help your child get more comfortable with rhyme schemes with The Bear in Despair by Amanda Bray Cody.

Help your first grader create special 3D paper Christmas trees that he can use to decorate the home or give to friends.

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

Celebrate Earth Day by making a poster that encourages people not to litter.

This easy at-home experiment is a great way to "see" science.

Invigorate your fourth grader's mind by helping him turn his room into a woven masterpiece using various lengths of material.

Camouflage is one of the most important animal adaptations in the African savanna biome. Kids create their own camouflage with this fun science fair project.

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

Diwali is a holiday celebrated in many Asian Pacific countries the world over. Make this delicious Indian treat with your child to celebrate the holiday.

This science fair project investigates why the number of visible stars changes from place to place.

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

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

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!