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This fun marbled paper craft uses things you're likely to have around your house, and it teaches kids some simple chemistry too!

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

This easy project for little hands uses mushroom spores to make an imprint of the mushroom, and the result is very beautiful.

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

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

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

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.

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Your 1st grade scientist will improve her observation skills as she's encouraged to eat healthy by comparing the dry and fresh fruit in this experiment.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

The goal of this evaporation experiment is to learn about how different external conditions affect drying time.

Here's a simple craft activity that can help your youngster better visualize the life cycle of a frog as a circle.

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.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

Test your friends to find out if you can replicate the placebo effect's incredible results.