Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

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

Kids are sure to be entranced by the magic of the ocean when they create their very own ocean in a bottle.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

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.

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

Help your child build her very own science laboratory at home for experiments and science projects. This is a quick, easy, and fun educational tool!

Slime: It's oozy, it's goopy, and it's just plain fun! Learn how to make slime with this fun science fair project.

Use sticks and stones to create create an outdoor version of tic-tac-toe!

Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

Create your own cloud with an activity that will explain how important concepts such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation work.

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

Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

In this science project, young children observe, record, and create collections of colors in their world and increase their powers of observation.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

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

In this science fair project, young children observe, record, and create collections of shapes in their world and increase their powers of observation.