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Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Gymnosperms are coniferous trees that reproduces using pine cones to spread seeds. Check out this simple pine cone experiment to learn about the process!

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.

Your child grows a green thumb and flowers with this seed planting activity that also celebrates the 100th day of school!

This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

What's the best way to make DIY compost? Kids will learn about aerobic and anaerobic decomposition while learning to appreciate the value of composting.

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

Use pepper and soap to discover some fun facts about the properties of water.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

Kids often ask, "how tall am I?" This science fair project seeks to determine how well kids can guess their own heights.

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

Want to spark your third grader's interest in gardening? Help him make popsicle stick fairies to decorate an enchanting garden oasis.

If your child aspires to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright, we've got some tips on building sand castles that last.

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

Your child can help your family pet take a breather, and help herself relax, too, with this soothing activity.

Get your sense of humor ready for this fun science experiment that demonstrates the fundamental physics of air pressure.

Discover whether a metal will expand under hot water.

Enter the buzz worthy world of bee watching and find out what time bees like to wake up!

If your mom likes flowers, make her a sweet gift that she'll treasure with this fun craft, a pretty Pressed Flowers Card!

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

This easy aerodynamics activity is a simple way to introduce kids to the scientific method.

Will increasing the amount of salt in water effect how slow or fast the water freezes?

In this free science fair project idea, we learn about surface tension and how it can support mass—in this case, a floating paper clip.