Elementary School Earth and Space Science Resources : Page 10

Create your own cloud with an activity that will explain how important concepts such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation work.

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

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

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

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

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

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

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.

Kids conduct a simple science experiment to see if seeds can grow without soil in this simple kindergarten science activity.

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

Your kid will delight in creating an extraterrestrial vehicle from goods found around the house. There's no telling where her imagination will go!

Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.

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.

Use dirt and different colors of craft sand to make unique layers in a clear plastic cup to represent the layers of the Earth.

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.