Explore aromas with your child and help boost her brain power with some fun and interactive science activities.

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

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

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

Bring a little science to your third grader's Christmas as you test out his sense of smell by exposing him to common Christmas scents found in your kitchen.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

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

Brine shrimp usually live in saltwater. Investigate how salt concentration (salinity) affects the rate at which brine shrimp eggs hatch.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Experiment about connection of senses of taste and smell. Using blindfold and noseplugs, administer blind taste test. Analyze results and organize data.

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

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

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

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.

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

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

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

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

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!

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!

Does your middle school teenager have good reflexes? Gauge his reaction time in this science and math activity that requires only a yardstick and a friend.

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.

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

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!

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

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

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

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

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