Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

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

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

Teach your child about using pumps to move water in this simple and educational preschool science activity!

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

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

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.

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

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.

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

What's cooler than an explosion? Not much! This simple science experiment lets kids build their own pop rocket. So put on your safety goggles and let her rip.

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.

In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

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

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.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

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.