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With this cool floating rocks project, your child will get some hands-on experience with buoyancy and learn why certain rocks like pumice are able to float.

Help your kindergarten scientist explore an important part of earth science: how soil retains water.

Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!

Kids conduct a simple science experiment to see if seeds can grow without soil in this simple kindergarten science activity.

Take a closer look at the soil that surrounds us, and give your child a lesson in Geology 101!

Wiggly worms are known for staying buried in the soil, but how does that affect plants? Are earthworms and plant growth related?

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.

Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.

In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

Water, along with soil and light, is a necessary component for plant growth. So what's better for promoting plant growth: tap water, or rain water?

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Play Rock Tic-Tac-Toe, the perfect outdoor game for all ages. Help your child develop thinking skills and get away from the TV!

It's a rare kid who doesn't like a sandbox. Next time you're out digging, build in some earth science, too.

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

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!

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

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

If your child aspires to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright, we've got some tips on building sand castles that last.

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

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.

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

The objective of this science project was to build a model of a volcano and observe reaction between different substances, including baking soda and vinegar.

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.