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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

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

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

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.

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.

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!

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!

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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