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!

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.

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

Your fourth grader will be astonished to discover the significance and intricacies of his spine as he builds a model of a human vertebral column.

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

Try hammering some plants with your kids to teach them a valuable lesson in flower science while making beautiful artwork in the process!

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.

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

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.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

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

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 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.

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

This craft is a great way to explore the fascinating world of spiders and their webs as you collect spider webs from around your house with your third grader.

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

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.

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

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

In this activity your child will make a coiling snake out of simple household materials, and also find out why they coil.

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

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