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In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

Get your fifth grader involved in some earth science by helping her plan and create her very own rock collection.

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

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

Here's an experiment that will have your child experimenting with cake ingredients to learn about the chemical reactions that happen when a cake's in the oven.

Your kid will be captivated as she watches liquids change color before her very eyes during this fun science project that introduces some chemistry basics.

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

Help your young scientist celebrate the wonders of the night sky in the comfort of your own home.

Will increasing the amount of salt in water effect how slow or fast the water freezes?

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

In this science fair project, students examine under what conditions individual plants release seeds and how far the seeds are released.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore which other common animals besides scorpions glow under a UV Black light.

This biodiversity project examines the biodiversity in your own backyard.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

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

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

This science fair project teaches you about what makes persimmons so tart and how astringency can be removed by studying the effect of tannins on fruit.

In this experiment, you'll make a seafloor spreading model to learn more about how plate tectonics work and create mid-ocean ridges.