Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

In this activity, find out who the flowers' "partners in crime" are by being a flower spy!

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

Invite your kindergarten scientist to conduct this color mixing experiment to discover which primary hues make a rainbow of secondary colors.

Your child can help your family pet take a breather, and help herself relax, too, with this soothing activity.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

This baseball science fair project explores the concept of an object's center of percussion to determine if the "sweet spot" has a scientific basis.

Looking for a fun way to encourage imaginative play? Try crafting these animal dice with your preschooler.

This activity will introduce your child to the four different components of blood and give him a fun way to visualize its properties.

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

Bring a little science to your third grader's Christmas as you test out his sense of smell by exposing him to common Christmas scents found in your kitchen.

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

This project determines whether hands-on practice, mental practice, or no practice leads to better shooting of free-throws.

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

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

Brine shrimp usually live in saltwater. Investigate how salt concentration (salinity) affects the rate at which brine shrimp eggs hatch.

Help your little one figure out the differences between the worlds of air, land and water, a huge step in understanding how our environment works.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

Explore aromas with your child and help boost her brain power with some fun and interactive science activities.

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

Would it hurt to skip brushing your teeth just this once? Let's find out by seeing which foods produce the most mouth bacteria.