This easy project for little hands uses mushroom spores to make an imprint of the mushroom, and the result is very beautiful.

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.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Believe it or not, images that are cast upon your eye's light-sensitive screen (called the retina) are upside down. Here's a fun, fast experiment to prove it!

This science fair project idea teaches that time always passes at the same rate and nothing we do in our daily life âreallyâ affects how fast it moves.

Set your young chemist up for an afternoon of science-fueled magic with a deceptively simple activity starring baking soda and vinegar!

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

This science fair project idea examines whether adding gelatin causes a solid to have a higher melting point and/or melt slower.

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

Hunt for natureâs treasure, the many different products made by trees!

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

In this experiment you observe and determine how well your cat uses his whiskers to navigate through a maze.

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

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

What causes sound? Here's a simple science experiment that adds a visual element to the science of sound to help kids better understand this tricky concept.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

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

If your mom likes flowers, make her a sweet gift that she'll treasure with this fun craft, a pretty Pressed Flowers Card!

Your child helps the environment while saving your family money in this fun and rewarding "Gas Guzzlers" competition.

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

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

What are the effects of fertilizer on plant growth? What's the best fertilizer type (solid, liquid or powder)? Kids find out in this science fair project idea.