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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.

Kids conduct a simple birdseed experiment to figure out what kinds of birds live nearby in this fun science activity.

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!

Find out whether cast iron or regular teflon pans heat up faster and also retain their heat longer.

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.

What is mulch? Kids will provide soil with a wet blanket of mulch and see if that helps keep drought-stricken soil damp.

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.

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

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.

This science research project challenges students to think of more effective lobster farming methods.

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

Do lefties just write different or are their brains different? This science project has students explore what it means to be left handed.

This science fair project demonstrates the principles of reflection through simple experiments involving mirrors and light.

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.

Science fair project which measures whether tsunamis are more destructive when they are caused by an earthquake or by a meteor.

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.

Science fair project which determines whether people are more likely to follow rules if they are easy to understand.

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!