Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

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

This science fair project idea experiments with spinning color wheels and optical illusions.

This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.

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

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.

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

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

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

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

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

Your child can explore the wonders of science, and the concept of dehydration, along with creating a healthy and tasty treat!

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.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

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

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

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

Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.

What is the best stain remover for clothes? In this fun and easy science fair project idea, students will identify the best method for laundry stain removal.

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.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

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.

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.

Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.