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This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

Learn about Ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, with your child while artfully arranging spring flowers!

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

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

Have your child make a special mobile inspired by the weather outside. Learn about seasons, the environment, and art in 3D.

Turn the common pastime of constructing paper airplanes into a lesson on the physics of aerodynamics and flight with this fun science activity.

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.