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Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

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

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

Make an adorable nut buddy by crafting nature people out of nuts in shells! Buddies will take on their own personalities depending on the materials you use.

How can you tell the difference between a spider and an insect? Your child will find out as he makes a tray of yummy creepy crawly snacks.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

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

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

This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

Encourage your child to jump into sea creature science by creating her own colorful "socktopus" sculpture.

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

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

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

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

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.

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.

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

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

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.

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?

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.