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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!

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

In this science fair projects, students will grow out the bacteria that collect on air conditioner filters.

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

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

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

Grow these wheatgrass and alfalfa friends and watch their hair spring up in just a couple days!

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

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

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

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.

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

Your child can help your family pet take a breather, and help herself relax, too, with this soothing 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.

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

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.

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

Your fourth grader will be astonished to discover the significance and intricacies of his spine as he builds a model of a human vertebral column.

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

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!

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.

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.

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!

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

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.

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

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

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