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Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

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

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

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

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

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

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.

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

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

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.

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.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

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

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

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

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