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

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

What happens when eyes see something that the brain knows cannot be true? In this science activity, the brain has to "fudge" it when interpreting what you see.

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

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.

Help your kindergartener expand social studies and science work while creating this lovely bag clip for the holidays.

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

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

In the mood for a bit of silly science? Help your child create a truly one-of-a-kind planter out of a potato head!

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

Trick your eye with this easy-to-make animation flip book! It's a fun way to learn about persistence of vision and is creative enough to entertain anyone.

This bread mold experiment will help your child learn about mold, and he'll develop important hypothesis-making and experiment-designing skills.

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

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!

Help your kindergartener identify and sort eight different kinds of common seeds on this "seed wheel" plate you can use all growing season.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

This basketball project explores the best way to make the perfect shot every time.

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.

In this middle school activity, your child will learn how to press plants and create her very own herbarium, or plant library! Here's how:

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Which do you prefer: real or artificial? Try this sweet little taste experiment to help your kids develop a better awareness of the food they consume.

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

The objective of this science fair project idea is to explore which brands of "anti-fade" shampoos work the best to keep hair color looking fresh.

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

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:

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

In this art project, budding entomologists will create a larger than life, moveable puppet version of a praying mantis.

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