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

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Wool can absorb 1/3 of its weight in water, while still keeping the body warm. She can test this theory by performing a scientific sock comparison!

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

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

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

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

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!

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

When you cut a flower to put into a vase, it'll eventually wilt, even with water and sunshine. But is there another scientific secret to keeping flowers fresh?

Why does purple cheese look nasty? Because color plays a big part in how we perceive the taste of different foods. Are birds just like us in this respect?

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.

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.

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

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

Here's a fun science experiment that's refreshingly tasty too! Turn regular water into a tasty treat perfect for consuming on a hot day.

Find the North Star, and measure your latitude! The purpose of this science fair project is to find latitude and learn about geographic locations.

Science fair project that determines whether lettuce that is harvested gradually yields more produce than lettuce that is harvested all at once.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

Get down to the rubber with this science project that tests the effectiveness of different types of erasers.