What cause the phases of the moon? Make a model to see how the positions of the Sun, Moon, and Earth cause the crescent, gibbous, quarter, full, and new moon.

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

Learn about Ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, with your child while artfully arranging spring flowers!

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

Learn how to make a weathervane with this fun and simple meteorology project for fourth graders.

Learn about lateral earthquake motion and its effect on high rise buildings in this simple 4th grade earth science experiment.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

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

Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

Science fair project examining barometric pressure, and how it can be used to predict the weather. How does atmospheric pressures relate to weather conditions?

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

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

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

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.

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