Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

Your child grows a green thumb and flowers with this seed planting activity that also celebrates the 100th day of school!

Want to get your bookworm interested in science? Check out this cool activity that teaches kids how to write science fiction!

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

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.

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

Make a planter full of delicious seasonings and classic grilling vegetables, great for a Fatherâs Day gift or a fun start-of-summer outdoor activity.

This Valentine's Day, pair up science and crafting with this simple crystal formation project that's sure to bring a little love into your home.

What better way to celebrate spring than with a fabulous flower party? Pack the day with fun flower activities and treats for a truly springalicious event!

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!

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.

Your child can use leaves and grass to create his own outdoor art in celebration of Earth Day...all he needs are is the great outdoors and some creativity!

In this activity, you child will learn about how heat changes food. On the next sunny day, head outdoors to make a treat in an outside oven! Here's how:

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!

Test your skills as a weather forecaster, and learn some science terms on the way!

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

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

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

In this activity, find out who the flowers' "partners in crime" are by being a flower spy!

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.

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

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

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!

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

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

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

Your child helps the environment while saving your family money in this fun and rewarding "Gas Guzzlers" competition.

This activity turns your kid into the family weatherman. Plus, it teaches him to collect data and begin to understand graphing.

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