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

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

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!

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

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

Grow potatoes in a plastic bag—easy to grow and harvest, and yummy to eat!

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

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.

Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

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

Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

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.

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

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

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

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

What is the best stain remover for clothes? In this fun and easy science fair project idea, students will identify the best method for laundry stain removal.

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.

Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

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.

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

Invite your third grader to do taste test science to observe how a strawberry tastes when it is paired with various condiments. The results may be surprising!

Your child can explore the wonders of science, and the concept of dehydration, along with creating a healthy and tasty treat!

Cherries usually burst with flavor, but in this science experiment they burst with osmotic pressure. This science activity will blow your curious kid's mind!

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

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

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

With this science fair idea, little scientists will gain valuable insights into the physics behind throwing a baseball.