Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

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.

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

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

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

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.

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

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.