Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

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

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

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

In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

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

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

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.

Jazz up your patio or backyard with hip and quirky planters made from simple Mason jars.

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.

Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

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

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

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

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

Want to spark your third grader's interest in gardening? Help him make popsicle stick fairies to decorate an enchanting garden oasis.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

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.

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.