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

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!

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!

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

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 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.

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

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

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

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

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!

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

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!

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.

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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!

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

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

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.

Try hammering some plants with your kids to teach them a valuable lesson in flower science while making beautiful artwork in the process!

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.