Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

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

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

Learn how to make a weathervane with this fun and simple meteorology project for fourth graders.

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

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

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

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

Learn about lateral earthquake motion and its effect on high rise buildings in this simple 4th grade earth science experiment.

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

In this activity, your kid will watch coal turn into crystals right before her very eyes, and learn some science along the way!

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

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

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

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

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

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.

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.

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

Want to spark your third grader's interest in gardening? Help him make popsicle stick fairies to decorate an enchanting garden oasis.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

Your child helps the environment while saving your family money in this fun and rewarding "Gas Guzzlers" competition.

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

This activity is a great way to stretch the boundaries of your child's imagination and build up important critical thinking skills.

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

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.