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!

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!

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

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

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

Make these homemade shell fossils and introduce your child to the wonders of science!

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

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.

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.

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

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.

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.

Discover the wonders of simple clay by pressing flowers into a modeling medium!

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

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

Your child will be delighted to learn about and gaze upon his favorite constellations with this set of stellar homemade placemats!

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

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

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?