Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

This kinesthetic learning activity will help your fourth grader get a firm grasp on the immensity of the solar system.

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

The weather is a key kindergarten science concept. With this activity your child will learn about wind direction and create a self portrait, too!

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!

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

Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.

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

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Learn how to make a weathervane with this fun and simple meteorology project for fourth graders.

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

This interdisciplinary card game will have your third grader working on math facts as he travels through the solar system!

Learn about lateral earthquake motion and its effect on high rise buildings in this simple 4th grade earth science experiment.

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

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

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

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.

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

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.