Discover flight initiation distance as you play around in the park with this fun bird watching project!

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

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

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

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

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?

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.

In this experiment we will be determining whether birds prefer certain colors of seed.

In this 3rd grade science activity, you'll experiment with the little-known fourth state of matter: polymers! Mix borax with white glue and watch what happens.

Science fair project that demonstrates the effect of detergent pollution on fresh water birds' ability to stay afloat.

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

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

This science project lets students explore the number of spots on a ladybird and how to treat ladybugs with respect.

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

This activity is a great way to teach kids that, to find examples of science in action, they donât need to look any further than their own backyard.

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

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

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.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

This science fair project idea teaches how the gases and pollution in the air affect the earth's atmosphere temperature.

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.

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.

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

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!