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

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

This science fair project idea provides evidence that air is everywhere and takes up space.

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

Kids learn about examples of mechanical weathering and conduct an experiment with seeds and plaster in this cool geology science fair project idea.

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.

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

Create a bee garden to help shelter bees in your area.

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

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

In this activity your child will make a coiling snake out of simple household materials, and also find out why they coil.

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

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

The objective of this science fair project is to study the photosynthesis process and demonstrate the important role that leaves play in the process.

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

In this science project, learn about water transport in plants and make a beautiful dyed floral arrangement with cohesion, adhesion, and xylem tubes!

Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

Can you increase the light and plant growth in your garden using mirrors? In this experiment, measure light reflection and find out!

In this science fair project, students make their own rain gauge to measure rainfall.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

How would you dry your wet clothes if your dryer didn't work? Find out with this fun experiment!

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.

In this enlightening transpiration experiment, kids will explore how the loss of water from plants through transpiration contributes to the water cycle.

Spiders don't go to grocery stores or fast food chains to get their food -- they set up traps and wait for their food to come to them!

Kids conduct a cool balloon rocket experiment in this fun science fair project idea. Does a greater volume of air mean a greater distance traveled?

How does distance affect the spreading of light? Kids see diffraction and the inverse square law of light in action with this great science fair project idea.