The next time you and your fifth grader go on a hike, take along this key to figure out which common North American animal left a track along the river bank.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

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

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

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.

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

Kids grow sunflower greens from seeds for a hands-on gardening experience in this kindergarten life science activity.

Is that seed alive or not? Here's an exciting way for kindergarteners to make a seed museum that your child can watch, using simple household materials.

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

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

Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!

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.

Want to help make studying the nervous system a little more fun? This thinking cap is a great way to learn external human brain anatomy.

Science fair project that compares the biodiversity of fungi in different ecosystems by identifying species of fungi.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

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!

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

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

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

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

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

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

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

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

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

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

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world 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.

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.