Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

Use dirt and different colors of craft sand to make unique layers in a clear plastic cup to represent the layers of the Earth.

Kids grow sunflower greens from seeds for a hands-on gardening experience in this kindergarten life science activity.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

With some cookie dough and ordinary household objects, let your kindergartener explore how fossil imprints are made.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Help young learners discover why catÃs eyes glow in the dark with this simple experiment

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Is that seed alive or not? Here's an exciting way for kindergarteners to make a seed museum that your child can watch, using simple household materials.

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

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Wiggly worms are known for staying buried in the soil, but how does that affect plants? Are earthworms and plant growth related?

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.