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.

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

Your fourth grader will be astonished to discover the significance and intricacies of his spine as he builds a model of a human vertebral column.

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

It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.

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.

Grow potatoes in a plastic bag—easy to grow and harvest, and yummy to eat!

In this activity your child will make a coiling snake out of simple household materials, and also find out why they coil.

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.

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.

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

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!

This craft is a great way to explore the fascinating world of spiders and their webs as you collect spider webs from around your house with your third grader.

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

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

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

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.

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.

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

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

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.