Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

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

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.

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

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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!