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

There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

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

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

In this project, build an insect model that shows how the head, thorax, and abdomen fit together! Learn insect anatomy by constructing a paper mache critter.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

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

Celebrate spring by creating a cute crawly critter bag to fill with your favorite candy!

Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.

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!

All your preschooler needs to create a personalized Halloween memento is their two hands and some black paint.

Celebrate spring with a cute cut-out bug button your child can make out of colorful felt and markers!

This biodiversity project examines the biodiversity in your own backyard.

Determine whether butterflies like to drink sugar water, salt water, or plain water.

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

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

This beautiful salad looks like a butterfly and tastes like your favorite vegetables!

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

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

Looking for a way to channel your spring fever? Create a beautiful spring centerpiece with your child!

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

Help your third grader create a Venn diagram fantasy creature by combining two different creatures to create a fantasy creature based on their similarities.

Kids make a cute pipe cleaner bumble bee craft and learn a few interesting bee facts along the way in this spring-themed arts and crafts activity.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Create a world of bugs with your kid! This variation on finger painting is a great project to create after a trip to the zoo or while learning about science.

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

Cinnamon is tasty, but does it have super powers as well? Find out if cinnamon can repel mosquitoes in this outdoorsy experiment.

The Earth is always providing in so many ways! In this activity, children reflect on how the Earth gives and on their love for the Earth through discussion and letter writing.

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!