Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

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

Science fair project that determines whether lettuce that is harvested gradually yields more produce than lettuce that is harvested all at once.

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

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 1st grade scientist will improve her observation skills as she's encouraged to eat healthy by comparing the dry and fresh fruit in this experiment.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

The goal of this evaporation experiment is to learn about how different external conditions affect drying time.

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

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

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.

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

Take a closer look at the soil that surrounds us, and give your child a lesson in Geology 101!

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

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

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.

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

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.

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

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.

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.