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

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

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

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

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

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

Want to spark your third grader's interest in gardening? Help him make popsicle stick fairies to decorate an enchanting garden oasis.

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

Science fair project examining barometric pressure, and how it can be used to predict the weather. How does atmospheric pressures relate to weather conditions?

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Learners hypothesize about and experiment with soil erosion in this hands-on activity.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.

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

Has your child ever played weatherman? Try this science activity that lets kids try their hands at observing and predicting the weather.

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

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

Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.

Help your child understand the scientific concept of evaporation with this fun outdoor science activity.

This interdisciplinary card game will have your third grader working on math facts as he travels through the solar system!