Your kids will have a blast making a mess while they build important science and reading skills. So roll up your sleeves and dig in to this week's ideas!

These STEM design challenge cards ask learners to build something new for a specific reason or purpose and are a great way to foster creative thinking.

Use these STEM design challenges to foster creativity and critical thinking skills in young learners while introducing them to the engineering process.

Children will plan our their STEM design, reflect on the process of building their creation, and brainstorm ways they could make their design even better.

Encourage your child to take a nature walk, using the prompts on this worksheet to write and draw their observations of plants, animals, sounds, and more.

Introduce students to the first step of the engineering design process with this helpful graphic organizer! 

Practice your detective skills with this fun worksheet! Have your child go around the house and see how many things from the list they can find.

Start searching the house for items on this scientific scavenger hunt list, perfect for developing early science skills.

Introduce students to the second step of the engineering design process with this helpful template!

Introduce students to the third step of the engineering design process with this helpful template!

These "Dig It!" worksheets not only teach about life on earth, they teach the scientific method as well.

Use this fossils worksheet to help a child learn about life on earth. Your child will learn about evolution and extinction, and also form a hypothesis.

Fossils can tell us about life on earth, but they can also teach kids the scientific method.

Fossils have a lot to teach us about life on earth, but they can also be used to help teach kids the scientific method.

Kids will learn about fossils in this worksheet. Help your child learn about the scientific method by getting him to examine a fossilized dinosaur skeleton.

Introduce students to the fourth step of the engineering design process with this helpful template!

Explore your world while making observations and inferences with this engaging science worksheet! 

Prepare your students for a fun and safe lab environment with the help of this laboratory safety contract!

How well do you know your laboratory equipment? Find out with this fun matching activity!

Get to know your classroom laboratory equipment with this fun scavenger hunt activity!

Learn all about essential laboratory equipment with this hands-on worksheet for fourth and fifth graders!

Learn more about how plants work with this cool celery experiment! Use this worksheet to help you record your observations after doing this experiment.

Learn to read a standard thermometer in both Fahrenheit and Celsius in this informative second- and third-grade worksheet! 

Hot or cold? Children practice classifying nine items by cutting them out and placing them in the correct box.

Dr. McSquare needs help sorting out his lab reports. Can your child read each item, then label it with the correct scientific method step?

Is your child baffled by the scientific method? Dr. McSquare is here to help! Learn the steps by helping the doctor organize his lab reports.

Hypothesis, observation, data...with so many terms, learning the scientific method can be tricky. Learn the steps by helping Dr. McSquare sort out his reports.

Dr. McSquare is here to help kids learn the scientific method. His reports are all in disarray--can your child sort label each part with the correct step?

Start designing your own science experiment with this middle-grade worksheet!

See if you can name each part of a microscope in this informative middle-grade worksheet!