Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Hunt for natureâs treasure, the many different products made by trees!

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

Wiggly worms are known for staying buried in the soil, but how does that affect plants? Are earthworms and plant growth related?

The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.

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

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

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.

Slime: It's oozy, it's goopy, and it's just plain fun! Learn how to make slime with this fun science fair project.

This science experiment tests why guacamole goes brown and if leaving the pit in will stop guacamole from turning brown.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

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.

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.

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

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

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

Your child might have noticed how bubbles quickly lose their colors and pop. Check out this creative way to make those bubbles last longer.

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

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

The goal of this fun science fair project idea is to microwave candy and investigate: do some colors of M&Ms melt faster than others?

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.