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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.

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

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

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

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

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

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

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

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

In this science fair projects, students will grow out the bacteria that collect on air conditioner filters.

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

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

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

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

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!

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!

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.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

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

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