Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

In this investigation, an oil spill is simulated in a jar to observe the damage that oil spills have on the ocean and ocean life.

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.

Your kid will be captivated as she watches liquids change color before her very eyes during this fun science project that introduces some chemistry basics.

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

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

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.

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.

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.

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