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

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

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

What cause the phases of the moon? Make a model to see how the positions of the Sun, Moon, and Earth cause the crescent, gibbous, quarter, full, and new moon.

Kids are sure to be entranced by the magic of the ocean when they create their very own ocean in a bottle.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

Grow borax crystals and get your child excited about Earth science with this crafty science experiment.

In this activity, your child will make her own "quicksand" to better understand how a substance can be both fluid and solid at the same time.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

Some fossils have been been preserved for billions of years! Help your kid understand how fossils are created and preserved with this crafty project.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

Is your child a nature nut with an eye for creative, green-friendly projects? Introduce them to this amazing DIY bird feeder!

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

Let your fabulous crafter use their favorite flowers, fruits and herbs to whip up a delicious perfume that they can proudly present to a friend or a loved one.

Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

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.

In this plant habitats activity, children play the role of an ecologist and take surveys of different areas to discover the best habitat for dandelions.

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

With a clear bottle and a few plastic straws, you can easily make a hummingbird feeder and demonstrate the effects of atmospheric pressure at the same time!

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?