The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Make a seed bomb and let your junior guerilla gardener spread flowers far and wide.

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

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.

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.

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

Help your child plant a "tea garden": a garden made of herbs for making teas.

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

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

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

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

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

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!

If your mom likes flowers, make her a sweet gift that she'll treasure with this fun craft, a pretty Pressed Flowers Card!

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

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

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

Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

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!

Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.

Your child can use leaves and grass to create his own outdoor art in celebration of Earth Day...all he needs are is the great outdoors and some creativity!

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

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

Unlike other seed sprouting projects, this one allows kids to compare five different sprouts (either 5 herbs or 5 flowers) by watching them grow in a glove.

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.

Has your child ever played weatherman? Try this science activity that lets kids try their hands at observing and predicting the weather.

This kinesthetic learning activity will help your fourth grader get a firm grasp on the immensity of the solar system.