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Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

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 this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

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

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.

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

What's cooler than an explosion? Not much! This simple science experiment lets kids build their own pop rocket. So put on your safety goggles and let her rip.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

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

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

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

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

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.

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.