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Create a bee garden to help shelter bees in your area.

In this fun science fair project, make two different scale models of our solar system using Astronomical Units and planets' relative size!

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.

In this plant habitats activity, children play the role of an ecologist and take surveys of different areas to discover the best habitat for dandelions.

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

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

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

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

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.

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.

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

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

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

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

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

Science fair project examining barometric pressure, and how it can be used to predict the weather. How does atmospheric pressures relate to weather conditions?

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

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

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

What cause the phases of the moon? Make a model to see how the positions of the Sun, Moon, and Earth cause the crescent, gibbous, quarter, full, and new moon.

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

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.

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

Instead of the traditional egg hunt, try this creative variation that will result in a beautiful Easter garden.

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

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

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!

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

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