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

In this cool project, create a lighted, scale model of the different layers of the Sun, including the core, radiation and convection zones, and photosphere.

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

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

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

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

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

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Pair a planetarium visit with this fun art project that mimics the look of far-off galaxies.

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

Many ancient cultures used the rising or setting sun to create calendars. Observe the setting sun once a week to come up with your own solar calendar!

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

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

This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect.

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

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

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

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

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

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

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.