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Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

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

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

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

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

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

Has your child ever played weatherman? Try this science activity that lets kids try their hands at observing and predicting the weather.

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

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

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

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.

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

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.

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

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

What cause the phases of the moon? Make a model to see how the positions of the Sun, Moon, and Earth cause the crescent, gibbous, quarter, full, and new moon.

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!

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.

Celebrate autumn with a seasonal bash. Welcome the fall with a festive party for your little one and her friends, full of crafts, snacks and fun games.

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.

The weather is a key kindergarten science concept. With this activity your child will learn about wind direction and create a self portrait, too!

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!

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

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!