Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

This activity is a great way to teach kids that, to find examples of science in action, they donât need to look any further than their own backyard.

Try hammering some plants with your kids to teach them a valuable lesson in flower science while making beautiful artwork in the process!

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

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!

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

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!

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

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.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

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

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

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

This science fair project idea experiments with unusual ideas in fashion design and the development of eco-friendly fashion products.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

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!

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

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

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

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

This easy project for little hands uses mushroom spores to make an imprint of the mushroom, and the result is very beautiful.

Help your child build her very own science laboratory at home for experiments and science projects. This is a quick, easy, and fun educational tool!