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

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

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

Are you looking for an out-of-this world activity that's both fun and educational? This solar system garland is a great way to introduce your child to astronomy.

This slightly messy, but tons-of-fun tactile activity will cement the idea of the land and water as pictured on maps in your young learner's mind.

This preschool activity uses paint chips to help your child learn about different shades of colors and how to find different colors in nature.

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

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

Who knew that nature could get so crafty? Show your kindergartener how to collect and morph pinecones into a whole team of personalized pinecone people.

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

Celebrate autumn with a seasonal bash. Welcome the fall with a festive party for your little one and her friends, full of crafts, snacks and fun games.

Create a bee garden to help shelter bees in your area.

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

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

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!

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

Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

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.

Help your child make an attractive frozen holiday ornament to hang outside during winter months.

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!

In this cool project, create a lighted, scale model of the different layers of the Sun, including the core, radiation and convection zones, and photosphere.