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

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

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 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!

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!

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.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

Your child can help your family pet take a breather, and help herself relax, too, with this soothing activity.

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.

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

In this plastic wrap science fair project, you'll learn about polymer permeability and find out which plastic wrap keeps food from dehydrating best.

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

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

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

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.

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!

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

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.

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.