Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

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

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

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

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

Pair a planetarium visit with this fun art project that mimics the look of far-off galaxies.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Make a DIY golf putter and design your own golf putting course in this 2nd-3rd grade arts and crafts/game activity.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

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.

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

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.