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

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

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

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

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

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.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

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

Learners hypothesize about and experiment with soil erosion in this hands-on activity.

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

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

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

This interdisciplinary card game will have your third grader working on math facts as he travels through the solar system!

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

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

Crystals are a very special structure. In this third grade activity, your child will learn how to grow salt crystals.

Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

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

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

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!

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

This Valentine's Day, pair up science and crafting with this simple crystal formation project that's sure to bring a little love into your home.