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This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

This science fair project idea determines an average personâs ability to use their anaerobic power system over a period of 2 weeks.

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

This project examines who can jump higher, boys or girls, younger people or older, and how these two factors, gender and age, interact with one another.

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!

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Science fair project that compares the biodiversity of fungi in different ecosystems by identifying species of fungi.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)

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.

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs they can think of, then they'll add antennae so they can pretend to be a bug!

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

Give your child a chance to experiment with how things grow. And throw in something extra to up the fun factor even more...her very own grass pet!

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

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Want to help make studying the nervous system a little more fun? This thinking cap is a great way to learn external human brain anatomy.

This project determines whether hands-on practice, mental practice, or no practice leads to better shooting of free-throws.

In this physics project, you'll learn how to find the maximum height of a projectile using some math and trigonometry.

Determine which video game elevates the heart rate best and burns the most calories.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

This project examines whether more expensive golf balls translate into better results on the golf course.

Make this easy composting dessert and then enjoy the yummy results!

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

Help your little one figure out the differences between the worlds of air, land and water, a huge step in understanding how our environment works.

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.