Loads of fun and packed with learning for science lovers and non-science lovers alike, this week's ideas will show your child the amazing side of science.

Your kids will have a blast making a mess while they build important science and reading skills. So roll up your sleeves and dig in to this week's ideas!

Your young cosmonaut will work on reading comprehension, story sequencing, and creative writing while he's diving into the far reaches of our universe.

Pull the lever on learning! Get to know one of the six simple machines with this worksheet about the lever.

Introduce your child to the inclined plane, one of the six simple machines that helps to make work easier for us!

Rain or shine, get ready for some weather watching! Record data to observe the weather patterns over the course of a week.

Did you know that the screw is actually one of the six simple machines? This handy machine helps to make work easier!

Children work on pattern-spotting and observation skills as they determine which of these six type of creatures is a bird.

Did you know that an elevator is actually one of the six simple machines? Help your child understand how the pulley works.

Young inventors will have a blast with this worksheet on compound machines! Use three of the six machines together to make work easier.

I spy with my little eye... six simple machines! Here's a fun way to help your child review the simple machines.

Kindergarteners learning about different seasons will like these colorful printable postcards. These weather postcards also offer writing practice.

Animals are all different and need different habitats to survive. In this science worksheet, there's room for students to draw the habitats for six different wild animals.

This lizard can grow to over six feet long! Color the Golden Spotted Monitor Lizard, one of several brand new species discovered between 2009 and 2011.

Wedge your way into physics fun! You and your child can learn a bit about one of the six simple machines with this worksheet all about the wedge.

Study the traits of desert plants with this cut-and-paste worksheet for kindergarteners and first graders!

This large, flightless bird is both shy and aggressive toward humans, which has made it tough for scientists to study.

Can you figure out how the Triceratops got his name? Study this Triceratops fact sheet and see if you can guess.

Have you ever noticed how some animals walk, while others fly or swim? Study the ways animals move in this preschool and kindergarten worksheet!

Dive into habitat studies with this second- and third-grade worksheet!

Studying earth science? Learn about the different types of clouds with the series of cloud types.

Become a disaster detective in this fun science worksheet!

These pictures have a lot to say! The animals in this worksheet don't talkÃbut they can tell you a lot about what they're like by the way they look.

Mini meteorologists will love predicting the weather with this worksheet! Build logic and a sense of chronology by drawing pictures of the forecast.

Here are four examples of mineral resources for kids to think about, plus a short explanation of what a mineral resource is.

Learn more about how plants work with this cool celery experiment! Use this worksheet to help you record your observations after doing this experiment.

Children learn about the animals that inhabit Australia in this tracks-matching activity.

Children get to know animals of South America in this nature-themed worksheet.

Children hone their observation skills by matching the tracks to their corresponding water animal in this worksheet.

Children will practice counting from 1 to 10 as they add a cap to a mushroom in this dot-to-dot worksheet.