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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.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

This science experiment has students test whether a snail moves faster on concrete or dirt.

What do worms eat? Kids find out what kinds of rotting leaves and vegetables worms prefer in this cool compost science fair project.

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

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

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Explore solids and liquids with your young scientist by making gluep, a goopy substance that can behave like both a solid and a liquid!

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

People have favorite flavors, but what about ants? Which ant food is the most popular?

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.