Grow borax crystals and get your child excited about Earth science with this crafty science experiment.

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

With some cookie dough and ordinary household objects, let your kindergartener explore how fossil imprints are made.

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!

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

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.

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!

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

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

Can you think of a way of cleaning dirty water using the sun? In this activity, you will be making a "solar still" that is able to do just that!

Help your child add some flair to the family garden with pencil pinwheels!

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

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

How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

In this experiment, your middle schooler will chart the effects of oil on a feather in order to grasp the tragic effects of oil spills on wildlife.

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

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

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

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

Help your child understand the scientific concept of evaporation with this fun outdoor science activity.

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

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

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.

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

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!

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!