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.

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

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.

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

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.

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