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

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

In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

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.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

Show your teen how to analyze the nutritional value of her favorite meals. She may be surprised to find out how healthy--or not--her favorite foods are!

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how:

In this science experiment, your child will test the strength of hollow structures in order to understand how strong bird bones really are.

With this science fair idea, little scientists will gain valuable insights into the physics behind throwing a baseball.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

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

Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

Water, along with soil and light, is a necessary component for plant growth. So what's better for promoting plant growth: tap water, or rain water?

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

Invite your kindergarten marine biologist to practice in scientific identification and categorization while creating a lovely treasure box.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Help your child hunt and capture bugs to observe to practice important science skills and satisfy her curiosity simultaneously!