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Who says snow globes are just for winter? Help your child create a summer version with this fun art project!

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

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

In this experiment, kids will see if pruning tomato plants makes them more fruitful and learn about the factors that contribute to a plant's fruit production.

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

What better way to celebrate spring than with a fabulous flower party? Pack the day with fun flower activities and treats for a truly springalicious event!

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.

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

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.

Explore aromas with your child and help boost her brain power with some fun and interactive science activities.

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

If your science savy third grader is up for a challenge, let her bend light with a casserole dish!

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

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!

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.

Bring the magic and mystery of the night sky to the light of day with this fun constellation art project!

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

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

In this enlightening transpiration experiment, kids will explore how the loss of water from plants through transpiration contributes to the water cycle.

Test your friends to find out if you can replicate the placebo effect's incredible results.

Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

This science fair project looks one of the most important factors affecting seed germination: water. A fun and easy plant biology experiment for 3rd graders.

With this cool floating rocks project, your child will get some hands-on experience with buoyancy and learn why certain rocks like pumice are able to float.

In this simple circular motion experiment, you'll observe tangential velocity and learn about how acceleration and centripetal force affect an object.

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

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!