Movement activities are crucial for developing minds and bodies. Animal movements, in particular, encourage children to think about their own body mechanics in comparison with animals they may have observed.

The next time you and your fifth grader go on a hike, take along this key to figure out which common North American animal left a track along the river bank.

This art project encourages kids to look closely at their favorite animal and recreate texture, pattern and silhouette with easy to follow instructions.

In this game, players will learn interesting facts about animal adaption and practice them using a fun matching card game!

Help your child get creative and collect leaves of various sizes and textures that she can use to make animal art.

Science fair project in which you will learn more about the natural world by preserving and identifying different animal tracks.

Young artists will combine two animals into one in this imaginative art-project-slash-game!

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

What animals are most popular? This project affords practice in data-collection, record-keeping and data-analysis through the investigation of this question.

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore which other common animals besides scorpions glow under a UV Black light.

This science fair project examines how seeds hitchhike on animals and clothing.

Free science fair project idea that examines the differences between cats and dogs. Analyze objective qualities rather than subjective ones.

Protozoa and ciliate and amoeba, oh my! The objective of this science fair project is for students to use a microscope and identify microscopic life.

This science fair project idea attempts to train a worm to complete a simple maze in order to find out if worms can learn and remember.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

Inspire your fifth grader to explore a new culture and determine her New Year's fortune by playing this German wax dripping game.

This science fair project idea explores whether cats can be trained in the same way that dogs can.

This project uses science and art to help students learn and teach others about Earth's endangered and extinct species.

This science fair project idea compares biodiversity between drops of water.

Using aluminum is a great way to recycle and make some shiny ornaments borrowing from this traditional Mexican art form. Here's an easy kids' activity!

What is biodiversity? Kids will study different areas of their backyards to see which is the most diverse to learn about biodiversity and random sampling.

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.

This science experiment tests if dog saliva can really help heal wounds.

Create your own version of an Aboriginal Australian dot painting in this fun activity!

Some fossils have been been preserved for billions of years! Help your kid understand how fossils are created and preserved with this crafty project.

Put a flavorful twist on a classic dish, and make tortilla lasagna! All your favorite ingredients from traditional Mexican food will go into this creation.

In this activity, your child will make her own "quicksand" to better understand how a substance can be both fluid and solid at the same time.

Determine which kind of rock (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic) has the greatest reservoir capacity, which is the ability to hold the most oil and natural gas.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore the risk of mechanical deterioration of artifacts placed in a storage box due to mold outbreaks.