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The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

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

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

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

We all know that the Moon has different phases, but it can be hard to figure out why. Try this activity to see how the Moon's phases really work.

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

Unlike other seed sprouting projects, this one allows kids to compare five different sprouts (either 5 herbs or 5 flowers) by watching them grow in a glove.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

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

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

Celebrate autumn with a seasonal bash. Welcome the fall with a festive party for your little one and her friends, full of crafts, snacks and fun games.

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

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

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

Take to the air with science by experimenting with helicopter seeds right in your own backyard!

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

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

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

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

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

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

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

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

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

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

Instead of the traditional egg hunt, try this creative variation that will result in a beautiful Easter garden.

This kinesthetic learning activity will help your fourth grader get a firm grasp on the immensity of the solar system.