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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.

Do this activity to help your kids see how seeds contain "baby" versions of big plant stems, roots, and leaves.

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

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

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

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.

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

In this game, players will learn interesting facts about animal adaption and practice them using a fun matching card game!

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

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

Experiment about connection of senses of taste and smell. Using blindfold and noseplugs, administer blind taste test. Analyze results and organize data.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

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.

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.

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

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.

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

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

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

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!

In this science fair projects, students will grow out the bacteria that collect on air conditioner filters.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

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

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

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

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

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

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