Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs they can think of, then they'll add antennae so they can pretend to be a bug!

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

Cinnamon is tasty, but does it have super powers as well? Find out if cinnamon can repel mosquitoes in this outdoorsy experiment.

What is surface tension? Kids will discover how water-skating insects use surface tension to keep from sinking by making a model water walker.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

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

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

What do worms eat? Kids find out what kinds of rotting leaves and vegetables worms prefer in this cool compost science fair project.