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

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.

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 math and science activity, help your middleschooler learn about proportion and measurement with just her shadow and a tape measure!

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.

Many ancient cultures used the rising or setting sun to create calendars. Observe the setting sun once a week to come up with your own solar calendar!

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

It's a rare kid who doesn't like a sandbox. Next time you're out digging, build in some earth science, too.

Your preschooler is familiar with the colors in their crayon box, but can they find these colors in the world? Take them on a scavenger hunt to find out!

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.

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

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

A mixture of botany, exploration, Abstract Art and Pop Art color theoryâthis activity never gets dull! Start by exploring outdoors and finish with indoor art.

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

Your kid will delight in creating an extraterrestrial vehicle from goods found around the house. There's no telling where her imagination will go!

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

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

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!

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.

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

This crafty activity provides a hands-on way for your child to illustrate how the trees look during each season of the year.

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

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

Discover the wonders of simple clay by pressing flowers into a modeling medium!

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 kindergarten scientist explore an important part of earth science: how soil retains water.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Has your child ever played weatherman? Try this science activity that lets kids try their hands at observing and predicting the weather.

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!