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Can you plant the insect-attracting borage plant to increase the amount of beneficial insects in your garden? Find out in this experiment!

There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

What is surface tension? Kids will discover how water-skating insects use surface tension to keep from sinking by making a model water walker.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

In this project, build an insect model that shows how the head, thorax, and abdomen fit together! Learn insect anatomy by constructing a paper mache critter.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.

Spiders don't go to grocery stores or fast food chains to get their food -- they set up traps and wait for their food to come to them!

This biodiversity project examines the biodiversity in your own backyard.

Determine whether butterflies like to drink sugar water, salt water, or plain water.

Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore which other common animals besides scorpions glow under a UV Black light.

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

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

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

In this project, learn about animal vision and different kinds of eyes: ocelli, compound eyes, and camera eyes. Find out what a jellyfish or grasshopper sees!

Kids will make predictions about cricket behavior by conducting this fun and easy experiment which simulates different environments for crickets.

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

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!

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

The goal of this science fair experiment is to demonstrate the effects of air pressure on objects and analyze applications of air pressure principles.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

This science exploration lets your first grader see how eggs can provide a perfect environment for a living, growing creature.

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

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?

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.