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.

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

Help your preschooler practice observing and experimenting with this exciting activity where they'll get to examine objects below the water's surface!

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

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.

The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)

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.

This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

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!

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

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.

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

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

Satisfy your kindergartener's fascination of different sounds with this easy science project, where they'll use their ears instead of their eyes to identify sounds!

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Invite your third grader to do taste test science to observe how a strawberry tastes when it is paired with various condiments. The results may be surprising!

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?

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.

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

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

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

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.

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

After completing this fun science project, your child will have a better understanding of plants, and they may even develop a green thumb in the process!

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!

Help your kindergarten scientist predict and observe as she explores the science of smell...and have a great time doing it, too.

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.