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

Invite your third grader to do taste test science to observe how a strawberry tastes when it is paired with various condiments. The results may be surprising!

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

What happens when eyes see something that the brain knows cannot be true? In this science activity, the brain has to "fudge" it when interpreting what you see.

Grow potatoes in a plastic bag—easy to grow and harvest, and yummy to eat!

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

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.

This fun and easy middle school science fair project idea explores the topic of pollution and demonstrates if polluted soil affect the growth of green plants.

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

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

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

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

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

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.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

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

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

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!

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

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

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.

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

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!

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!

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.

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!

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.

With this science fair idea, little scientists will gain valuable insights into the physics behind throwing a baseball.

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.