Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

This activity is a fun way to "go fishing" with your preschooler, while learning about the concepts of freezing and melting.

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

This play-activity causes young children to focus on and become more aware of their sense of hearing and the power of their ears.

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

Is it possible to trick the forces of nature that make your bubbles round to create a square bubble?

Did you even wonder why some rocks are round and smooth while others are broken up into small pieces?

Water can go from solid to liquid to gas...but how does popcorn go from kernel to snack? Invite your first grade scientist to find out.

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

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

Start your toy engines -- this is going to be a fast and friction-filled race!

Make your own helicopter using a paper clip and a sheet of paper. Hold the spinner up in the air, let it go, and watch it spin gracefully to the ground.

Spiders don't go to grocery stores or fast food chains to get their food -- they set up traps and wait for their food to come to them!

This science experiment tests why guacamole goes brown and if leaving the pit in will stop guacamole from turning brown.

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

Uh-oh! Is that a pill sitting on the counter or a piece of candy?

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

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Build a 3d animal cell model with this cool science fair project, which helps kids visualize and understand the function of a cell's parts and organelles.

If your child aspires to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright, we've got some tips on building sand castles that last.

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

Play Rock Tic-Tac-Toe, the perfect outdoor game for all ages. Help your child develop thinking skills and get away from the TV!

The purpose of this science fair project is to explore whether UV light passes through some colors and not others by looking at blue, red, purple, and clear.

In this science project, learn about water transport in plants and make a beautiful dyed floral arrangement with cohesion, adhesion, and xylem tubes!

Your preschooler is familiar with the colors in their crayon box, but can they find these colors in the world? Take them on a scavenger hunt to find out!