There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

This simple activity is not only fun, it's also a useful way to organize children's closets — and offer kids some autonomy to boot.

Did you know that August is American Artist Month? Your child can explore the art of photography by using a digital camera to capture the landscape around her.

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

We all know that the Moon has different phases, but it can be hard to figure out why. Try this activity to see how the Moon's phases really work.

Your kindergartener will have a blast helping you craft these fun, eco-friendly potted place cards.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

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!

How much water comes out of snow? Explore this timely question with your kindergarten scientist with this easy winter experiment.

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

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

What's a crater, and how does it happen? Here's a kindergarten experiment with safe, nontoxic ingredients.

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

Follow in the footsteps of movie character legends as you walk your little one through the steps of becoming a junior archaeologist.

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.

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

Boys might wrinkle their noses at the thought of gardening, but we guarantee they'll like this activity! Make a recycled terrarium full of bug-eating plants.

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

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

Have your little astronaut create her own crater-filled moon with this fun craft project that encourages learning about the final frontier.

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

Use sticks and stones to create create an outdoor version of tic-tac-toe!

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

Learn how to make a weathervane with this fun and simple meteorology project for fourth graders.

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

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

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

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