How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.

Learners hypothesize about and experiment with soil erosion in this hands-on activity.

Find out whether soil amendments can improve soil conditions and help you grow a bigger beanstalk in this ecology experiment!

With school, home, and activities in between, life can sometimes feel chaotic to kids. Help your child learn how to stop and relax with handmade peace rocks.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

Check out this cool science project idea to learn about rocks and explore the cycles of formation, breakdown, and reformation of rocks in the Earth's crust.

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

Science fair project that examines the behavior of water and gravel in creek beds and the formation of sedimentary rocks.

Did you even wonder why some rocks are round and smooth while others are broken up into small pieces?

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

Create a face of a person or animal on a small terra cotta flower pot and grow herbs or a flowered plant for their hair! As the herbs grow, the hair grows.

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

Reinforce your child’s foundational math skills while creating small works of seasonal art with this creative Halloween rock painting activity!

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

This science fair project looks one of the most important factors affecting seed germination: water. A fun and easy plant biology experiment for 3rd graders.

Transform your uncomfortable wooden shoes into charming mini planters!

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.

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

Do you think you can blow down a sand castle with a mighty wind? Find out which material stands up best to erosion in this erosion experiment.

Children build a "Loving Kindness Garden" to represent what they have learned about love, mindfulness, and caring for others in community.

Making decorative pottery is a great way to experiment with making patterns and texture on a traditionally smooth surface.

Jazz up your patio or backyard with hip and quirky planters made from simple Mason jars.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

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

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!

Explore if planting seeds in a certain direction will affect how fast it germinates.

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

The project investigates how water and movement affects erosion.