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Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

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.

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

Camouflage is one of the most important animal adaptations in the African savanna biome. Kids create their own camouflage with this fun science fair project.

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy summer activity! Make homemade ice cream and let your child practice his science skills.

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

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

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.

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

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.

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

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

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

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.

Hunt for natureâs treasure, the many different products made by trees!

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

If your child aspires to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright, we've got some tips on building sand castles that last.

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!