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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.

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

Is it possible to trick the forces of nature that make your bubbles round to create a square bubble?

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.

This super fun science project, perfect for young children, combines crafts, dressing up as animals, outdoor play, and life science learning.

In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

The goal of this science fair experiment is to demonstrate the effects of air pressure on objects and analyze applications of air pressure principles.

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

Design a survival kit. Brainstorm various survival scenarios. Address basic human requirements and natural resources. Describe each tool as well uses.

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.

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.

How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.

This science project has students collect wood samples and invent new uses for different types of wood based on its properties.

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

This science fair project idea identifies trees using a dichotomous key.

In this experiment, young ecologists will learn about a type of edge effect: how trees and plants at the edge of a forest can act as a weed filter.

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

Future engineers, unite! Discover how to keep a sandcastleâs bridge from falling into the moat.

This science fair project idea measures out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in common foods.

Would your dog prefer homemade or store-bought food? Raw or cooked? Test your dog's preferred diet in this fun experiment.

Spiders don't go to grocery stores or fast food chains to get their food -- they set up traps and wait for their food to come to them!

Did you even wonder why some rocks are round and smooth while others are broken up into small pieces?

This science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.

What do worms eat? Kids find out what kinds of rotting leaves and vegetables worms prefer in this cool compost science fair project.

Test out the pH levels of soil in your backyard versus soil in more wild environments to solve this science case.

Camouflage is one of the most important animal adaptations in the African savanna biome. Kids create their own camouflage with this fun science fair project.