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

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

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

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.

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.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

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.