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In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.

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

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.

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

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

This project examines if computer screen and text color affect retention and if people subconsciously prefer combinations of colors that help their retention.

Throughout history, people have used song as a teaching and memory tool. This project explores whether song improves a person's ability to retain information.

In this free science fair project, build a star clock and learn how to tell time on a clear night by observing the big dipper!

In this science fair project, learn how to make gears and find out why they transmit torques in predictable ways.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

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

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Want to spark your third grader's interest in gardening? Help him make popsicle stick fairies to decorate an enchanting garden oasis.

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

Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

Learn how to tell time by the sun with this cool science fair project idea that tracks how the accuracy of a sundial changes over time.

examine how passive solar heating works, measure temperature in a parked car on a sunny day. ways to use passive solar heating as an alternative, energy

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

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

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

Jazz up your patio or backyard with hip and quirky planters made from simple Mason jars.

In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!

Check out this cool science fair project idea that models the behavior of the cold desert plants: xerophytes and halophytes.