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

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

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

Learn about lateral earthquake motion and its effect on high rise buildings in this simple 4th grade earth science experiment.

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

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

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.

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

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

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!

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

Take to the air with science by experimenting with helicopter seeds right in your own backyard!

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

This Valentine's Day, pair up science and crafting with this simple crystal formation project that's sure to bring a little love into your home.

How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Your child helps the environment while saving your family money in this fun and rewarding "Gas Guzzlers" competition.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

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

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