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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!

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

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.

This super fun science project, perfect for young children, combines crafts, dressing up as animals, outdoor play, and life science learning.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

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

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

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

Take a closer look at the soil that surrounds us, and give your child a lesson in Geology 101!

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

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

It's a rare kid who doesn't like a sandbox. Next time you're out digging, build in some earth science, too.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

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

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!

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how:

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.