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!

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Would it hurt to skip brushing your teeth just this once? Let's find out by seeing which foods produce the most mouth bacteria.

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

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

In this activity your child will make a coiling snake out of simple household materials, and also find out why they coil.

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.

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.

The next time you and your fifth grader go on a hike, take along this key to figure out which common North American animal left a track along the river bank.

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

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

Boys might wrinkle their noses at the thought of gardening, but we guarantee they'll like this activity! Make a recycled terrarium full of bug-eating plants.

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

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

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

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

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

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

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