Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

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

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

In this project students experiment with making music using only glasses of water.

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

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

Grow these wheatgrass and alfalfa friends and watch their hair spring up in just a couple days!

Do different types of oil mix or stack? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

What's the quickest way to separate salt and pepper? Let static electricity do the work! Your child will be fascinated by this simple experiment.

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

Science fair project that examines the behavior of water and gravel in creek beds and the formation of sedimentary rocks.

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!

Kids grow sunflower greens from seeds for a hands-on gardening experience in this kindergarten life science activity.

What's a crater, and how does it happen? Here's a kindergarten experiment with safe, nontoxic ingredients.

This science fair project idea teaches how the gases and pollution in the air affect the earth's atmosphere temperature.

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

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.

Stir up some enthusiasm for experimentation with this candy-cracking science experiment!

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!