Want to spark your third grader's interest in gardening? Help him make popsicle stick fairies to decorate an enchanting garden oasis.

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.

Brighten up your home with this fun activity! Make a summer sun print and teach your child the art of easy print making.

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

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

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

Kids will love making clouds and learning how to make a water cycle model in this fun science fair project idea that explores evaporation and precipitation.

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

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

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.

Celebrate April showers with a springtime arts and crafts activity: make sparkly, shiny raindrops with your kid.

Can't make it to the beach? Bring the science of ocean waves home with this fun earth science-related craft.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Science fair project examining barometric pressure, and how it can be used to predict the weather. How does atmospheric pressures relate to weather conditions?

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

In this science fair project, students make their own rain gauge to measure rainfall.

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

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

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."