Based upon traditional Indonesian Wayang puppets; kids will make their very own puppet in this activity, with movable arms that can be operated with sticks.

With some cookie dough and ordinary household objects, let your kindergartener explore how fossil imprints are made.

This activity encourages self-expression. When your child is finished she will have created a personalized pin to wear or give as a gift!

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.

Have your kid practice completing number patterns and then create her own patterns on the wings of a butterfly with this delightfully simple paper project.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Has your child ever asked you how a submarine works? Here's a simple bathtub project that will make for a hands-on answer.

Forget model kits! Promote creativity by having your child construct a dinosaur model using marshmallows and toothpicks.

Kids get to play mad scientist in this wacky drawing game that's a great way to help kids to mellow out after the high-energy antics of recess.

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

Your first grader will enjoy creating his own leprechaun from a recycled toilet paper tube.

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

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

This science fair project idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.

Bring the sea to your home with this marine life–inspired art project that displays beautifully when suspended from the ceiling.

Can you plant the insect-attracting borage plant to increase the amount of beneficial insects in your garden? Find out in this experiment!

This science activity will help your student explore the changes that occur to transform an egg from raw to soft to hard-boiled.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

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.

Do you have your isopods straight? Learn about sow bug and pill bug behavior by building a terrarium to study them in!

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

In this project, learn about animal vision and different kinds of eyes: ocelli, compound eyes, and camera eyes. Find out what a jellyfish or grasshopper sees!

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore which other common animals besides scorpions glow under a UV Black light.